Jake Kwon
Senior Journalist and Producer at BBC
Almost award-winning journalist at BBC / Senior Journalist / Seoul Producer / [email protected]/ Views not mine and all legally-binding.
Articles
-
2 weeks ago |
ca.news.yahoo.com | Koh Ewe |Jake Kwon
The South Korean president's declaration of martial law came as a surprise to South Koreans and the rest of the world [AFP]South Korea's beleaguered president Yook Suk Yeol was removed from office on Friday after a panel of judges upheld his impeachment over a short-lived martial law attempt last December. The 64-year-old's shock military takeover on 3 December was reversed after lawmakers defied security forces to vote it down. Parliament voted to impeach him later than month.
-
2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Koh Ewe |Jake Kwon
South Korea's beleaguered president Yook Suk Yeol was removed from office on Friday after a panel of judges upheld his impeachment over a short-lived martial law attempt last December. The 64-year-old's shock military takeover on 3 December was reversed after lawmakers defied security forces to vote it down. Parliament voted to impeach him later than month. An election for the country's next leader must now be held within 60 days.
-
3 weeks ago |
mwi.westpoint.edu | Benjamin Jensen |Jake Kwon
Mass has long been a cornerstone of military strategy. Traditionally defined as the concentration of combat power at a decisive point to overwhelm the adversary, this principle remains as relevant to contemporary joint force planning as it was during the Napoleonic Wars. However, advancements in artificial intelligence are fundamentally reshaping how mass is generated, applied, and countered in modern warfare.
-
1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Jake Kwon |Koh Ewe
Seven people in South Korea were injured, four of them seriously, after a fighter jet accidentally dropped eight bombs in a civilian district during a live-fire military exercise. The incident involving the Air Force KF-16 aircraft took place at around 10:04 local time (01:04 GMT) in the city of Pocheon, near the border with North Korea. Only one bomb is believed to have exploded. A bomb disposal team is working on safely disposing the other seven unexploded bombs, Pocheon authorities told the BBC.
-
Dec 10, 2024 |
yahoo.com | Gavin Butler |Jake Kwon
Police in South Korea have raided the presidential office in Seoul, following President Yoon Suk Yeol's abortive attempt to impose martial law last week. The raids are the latest development in what has been a tumultuous week in South Korean politics. President Yoon, who has stayed in office despite an impeachment vote and multiple calls for him to step down, is facing multiple investigations from various branches of government, on charges of insurrection and treason.
Try JournoFinder For Free
Search and contact over 1M+ journalist profiles, browse 100M+ articles, and unlock powerful PR tools.
Start Your 7-Day Free Trial →Coverage map
X (formerly Twitter)
- Followers
- 4K
- Tweets
- 1K
- DMs Open
- Yes
His mission directly set off South Korea creating its own assassination squad to be sent to Pyongyang - as depicted in the film Silmido. It also made much of the hill behind the Bluehouse closed to the public until recently.
SEOUL (AP) — Kim Shin-jo, an ex-North Korean commando who resettled in South Korea as a pastor after his daring mission to assassinate then South Korean President Park Chung-hee in 1968 failed, died. He was 82. https://t.co/99JY82HUpK
Excited to start as BBC’s North America Correspondent for the next three months. If you are in DC, let’s meet up! https://t.co/BSArZ5RWhd
It’s the home
I actually think this illustrates a challenge with the modern-day abundance agenda. What's the expensive thing that rich people today have but isn't "in every home" yet? It's hard to think of anything.
