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Dec 7, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Duyeon Kim |Kim Tong-Hyung |Hyung-Jin Kim
South Korea’s embattled President Yoon Suk Yeol avoided an opposition-led attempt to impeach him over his short-lived imposition of martial law, as most ruling party lawmakers boycotted a parliamentary vote Saturday to deny a two-thirds majority needed to suspend his presidential powers.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Duyeon Kim |Hyonhee Shin |Ju-min Park |Cynthia Kim
At his confirmation hearing three months ago, South Korea's defence minister Kim Yong-hyun rejected accusations from the opposition that he wanted to impose martial law. It was, the conservative hardliner said, political propaganda.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Duyeon Kim |Kim Tong-Hyung |Hyung-Jin Kim
President Yoon Suk Yeol’s stunning martial law declaration lasted just hours, but experts say it raised serious questions about his ability to govern for the remaining 2 1/2 years of his term and whether he will abide by democratic principles. ... Yoon’s political fate may depend on whether a large number of people in coming days take to the streets to push for his ouster. ...
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Duyeon Kim |Kelly Kasulis Cho |Niha Masih
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is heading toward impeachment proceedings after his ill-fated attempt to impose martial law, with the six opposition parties on Wednesday submitting a motion to force Yoon from office. ... The decision was a remarkable miscalculation for Yoon, a career prosecutor who entered politics only in 2021, when the conservative People Power Party chose him as its presidential candidate.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Duyeon Kim |Josh Smith
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who vowed to make his country a "global pivotal state", faced immediate international diplomatic fallout on Wednesday after his botched attempt to impose martial law. Yoon declared martial law in a live TV address late on Tuesday night, only to reverse course six hours later after parliament defied police and special forces cordons to vote to block the move. ...
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Duyeon Kim |Hyung-Jin Kim
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has dusted off his golf clubs in an attempt to forge a bond with President-elect Donald Trump, an avid lover of the game. The presidential office said Tuesday that Yoon began practicing the game for the first time in eight years in preparation for a possible round of golf with Trump.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Duyeon Kim |Joyce Lee |Cynthia Kim
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol spoke with Donald Trump on Thursday and congratulated him on winning the U.S. presidency on the "Make America Great Again" slogan as officials in Seoul worked to prepare for "significant" economic changes.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Duyeon Kim |Kim Tong-Hyung |Hyung-Jin Kim
On foreign policy, Yoon — who has worked closely with Washington and Tokyo to solidify security cooperation in the face of North Korean threats — expressed optimism that the three-way partnership will continue to expand under Trump’s government. He said he wants to meet Trump and new Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba soon to coordinate policies. During his previous presidency, Trump engaged in highly orchestrated nuclear summits with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un .
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Duyeon Kim |Josh Smith
Donald Trump has long touted his relationship with Kim Jong Un, but if the U.S. president-elect seeks another summit he will find a North Korean leader emboldened by an expanded missile arsenal and a much closer relationship with Russia. After trading threats of nuclear annihilation during the first year of Trump's initial term, Kim and the then-U.S. president held three unprecedented meetings in Singapore, Hanoi, and at the border between North and South Korea in 2018 and 2019.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Duyeon Kim |Ji Da-gyum
North Korea's dispatch of personnel to support Russia's invasion of Ukraine -- even if their military involvement is limited or indirect -- could put Russian President Vladimir Putin in Pyongyang's debt, experts said. The development may also set the stage for reciprocal support from Moscow for Kim Jong-un's aggressive ambitions, especially if North Korean casualties occur in the Ukraine war. ...
