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2 weeks ago | 
theguardian.com | Justin McCurry |Raphael Rashid
It had been a long and at times intolerable wait. But the South Korean constitutional court’s decision on Friday to oust Yoon Suk Yeol from office may have restored the public’s faith in their democracy. For 22 minutes, millions of South Koreans held their breath as the chief justice of the constitutional court, Moon Hyung-bae, began delivering the court’s verdict on Yoon’s impeachment over his chaotic declaration of martial law in December.
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3 weeks ago | 
msn.com | Raphael Rashid |Justin McCurry
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3 weeks ago | 
theguardian.com | Raphael Rashid |Justin McCurry
The usually quiet streets outside South Korea’s constitutional court in Seoul are now a political ground zero for a decision that will determine the country’s future. Months after Yoon Suk Yeol imposed martial law and triggered South Korea’s worst political crisis in decades, the court will on Friday decide whether to uphold the suspended president’s impeachment or return him to office.
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1 month ago | 
aol.co.uk | Raphael Rashid |Justin McCurry
South Korea’s air force has apologised after one of its fighter jets accidentally dropped eight bombs in the wrong place during a training exercise on Thursday, injuring 15 civilians and damaging several buildings. “Eight MK-82 general purpose bombs were abnormally released from an air force KF-16 aircraft, landing outside the designated firing range,” the air force said, adding that the bombs weighed about 225kg each.
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2 months ago | 
theguardian.com | Raphael Rashid |Justin McCurry
On Friday, the South Korean columnist Yang Sung-hee asked a question to which no one appears to have an answer: “When will this ever end? How many more lives must be lost before this tragic cycle is broken?”Yang’s question, asked in the Korea JoongAng Daily newspaper, is just one of many that has emerged since the actor Kim Sae-ron was found dead in her home in Seoul on Sunday in a case police are treating as suicide. She was 24.
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2 months ago | 
theashlandchronicle.com | Peter Bradshaw |Raphael Rashid |Emma Graham-Harrison
SHOW UP FOR YOUR MOC’SWe know that the first week of Trump 2.0 has been like drinking from a firehose. There is a new horrible act or decision made every hour on the hour. But don’t despair and don’t get overwhelmed. That’s what he wants. Just like when a kid throws a tantrum, we need to stand by and let him throw it. When he finally stops kicking and screaming, we will be standing here, calmly, ready to take the action we need.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
msn.com | Raphael Rashid |Justin McCurry
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
msn.com | Raphael Rashid |Justin McCurry
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
theguardian.com | Raphael Rashid |Justin McCurry
They arrived intent on causing mayhem. The political figurehead they supported had, they said, been the victim of a grave injustice at the hands of the establishment. The ringleaders had soon broken through security cordons, armed with fire extinguishers, steel pipes and police shields, smashing windows and gaining entry to a government building, leaving destruction worth an estimated £400,000 in their wake.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
msn.com | Raphael Rashid
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