Joohee Cho

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Seoul Bureau Chief and Global Digital Correspondent at ABC News

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North Korea launches more than a dozen rockets, South Korea says

1 week ago | southernillinoisnow.com | Joohee Cho |Victoria Beaule

(SEOUL and LONDON) — North Korea launched “more than a dozen” rockets on Thursday morning, the South Korean Ministry of Defense said.
North Korea launches more than a dozen rockets, South Korea says

1 week ago | abcnews.go.com | Joohee Cho |Victoria Beaule

The U.S. and South Korea were analyzing the launches, South Korea said. ByJoohee Cho and Victoria BeauleIn this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang, North Korea, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via APSEOUL and LONDON --- North Korea launched "more than a dozen" rockets on Thursday morning, the South Korean Ministry of Defense said.
South Korea Constitutional Court upholds Yoon's impeachment

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Jack Moore |Joohee Cho

South Korea's Constitutional Court upheld the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, whose short-lived declaration of martial law late last year plunged the country into political chaos, in a decision that removes the suspended leader from office. The verdict was read in court shortly after 11 a.m. Friday local time (10 p.m. Thursday ET).
Impeached South Korean president arrested: Yoon Suk Yeol detained over martial law declaration

Jan 14, 2025 | abc7.com | Leah Sarnoff |Joohee Cho |Kate Lee

South Korean police detained impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol at his residence in Seoul on Wednesday local time, ABC News confirmed. The detention comes weeks after investigators first attempted to arrest the embattled politician over his short-lived declaration of martial law in December.
Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol detained over martial law declaration

Jan 14, 2025 | yahoo.com | Leah Sarnoff |Joohee Cho

South Korean police detained impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol at his residence in Seoul on Wednesday local time, ABC News confirmed. The detention comes weeks after investigators first attempted to arrest the embattled politician over his short-lived declaration of martial law in December. Prosecutors from South Korea's Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials entered Yoon's residence, spokesperson Kim Baek-ki told reporters Wednesday morning local time.
Protesters gather at impeached South Korean president’s residence, as arrest warrant nears expiration

Jan 5, 2025 | ktbb.com | Joohee Cho

Posted/updated on: January 5, 2025 at 9:30 am (SEOUL) -- Thousands of South Korean citizens were gathering on Sunday near impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol's residence a day before an arrest warrant for him expires. Protesters from both sides -- one calling the warrant invalid or illegal and the other shouting for arrest -- have occupied the wide four-lane road in a normally quiet neighborhood, blocking all traffic, in freezing temperatures and snow.
South Korean investigators abandon effort to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol

Jan 2, 2025 | ktbb.com | Leah Sarnoff |David Brennan |Joohee Cho |Morgan Winsor

Posted/updated on: January 3, 2025 at 6:50 am (SEOUL, South Korea) -- Investigators abandoned an hours-long effort to detain South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol at his residence in Seoul on Friday, citing thousands of the president's supporters who rallied outside. Police vehicles and crowds of the impeached president's backers were seen outside his home in the South Korean capital.
179 dead, 2 rescued after plane crashes while landing in South Korea

Dec 29, 2024 | ktbb.com | Sam Sweeney |Hakyung Kate Lee |Joohee Cho |Jack Moore

Posted/updated on: December 29, 2024 at 1:15 pm All 181 passengers and crew aboard a passenger jet that crashed upon landing in South Korea on Sunday morning are presumed dead except for two people rescued from the wreckage, authorities said. Jeju Air Flight 2216 was landing at Muan International Airport around 9 a.m. local time when the plane went off the runway and crashed into a wall.
South Korea passes impeachment bill on President Yoon Suk Yeol

Dec 14, 2024 | ktbb.com | Joohee Cho |Hakyung Kate Lee

Posted/updated on: December 14, 2024 at 10:26 am (SEOUL) -- The South Korean National Assembly has voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday in a divisive vote. Thousands of people celebrated outside the National Assembly compound as the news was delivered while, across the city, thousands of President Yoon's supporters gathered in the city center to express their anger and rage at the result.
‘Unimaginable situation’: South Korea endures fallout from president’s martial law effort

Dec 12, 2024 | ktbb.com | Joohee Cho |Hakyung Kate Lee

Posted/updated on: December 12, 2024 at 3:07 pm (SEOUL, South Korea) -- As South Korea navigates a path forward after President Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law order last week, the nation's political parties are still wrangling over whether to impeach him for the shocking move even as the president maintains it was a "highly political decision." Yoon could face a second impeachment vote on Saturday after a first impeachment vote over the weekend ended with lawmakers from the ruling People Power...