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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Shim Kyu-Seok
As South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol awaited a decision on whether he would be removed from office, a photo was falsely shared in posts that claimed it showed the impeached leader being "reassured" by his Constitutional Court appointee. The picture in fact shows Yoon walking with former US president Joe Biden after a joint press conference at Camp David in August 2023.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Shim Kyu-Seok
As South Korea's Constitutional Court nears a verdict on President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment, social media posts have repeatedly shared a photo collage they falsely claim depicts Justice Moon Hyung-bae visiting North Korea. But the man in the pictures is South Korean academic and politician Kim Geun-shik at a summit in Pyongyang in 2007.
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1 month ago | 
japantimes.co.jp | Shim Kyu-Seok
If South Korea formally impeaches its suspended president over his martial law debacle, one firebrand pastor says he is ready for "revolution."Evangelical preacher Jun Kwang-hoon is one of President Yoon Suk Yeol's most fervent defenders, calling Yoon's December 3 martial law declaration a "gift from God."He has been prepping his followers to take action for weeks, and Yoon's release from detention over the weekend on procedural grounds has turbo-charged the 68-year-old's sermons.
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1 month ago | 
barrons.com | Shim Kyu-Seok
If South Korea formally impeaches its suspended president over his martial law debacle, one firebrand pastor says he is ready for "revolution". Evangelical preacher Jun Kwang-hoon is one of President Yoon Suk Yeol's most fervent defenders, calling Yoon's December 3 martial law declaration a "gift from God". He has been prepping his followers to take action for weeks, and Yoon's release from detention over the weekend on procedural grounds has turbo-charged 68-year-old Jun's sermons.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Shim Kyu-Seok
11 hours agoSeoul-based ganjang gejang (soy-marinated crab) specialist Gebang Sikdang, which earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand earlier this year, is opening a permanent location in the former Hibi space in Koreatown, which closed on March 2. Gebang was initially supposed to only take over Hibi for a limited-run …
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1 month ago | 
malaysia.news.yahoo.com | Shim Kyu-Seok
SHIM Kyu-Seok / AFP South Korea11 March 2025 at 3:42 am·3-min readAs South Korea's Constitutional Court deliberated on whether to uphold the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, social media posts falsely claimed US business magazine Forbes had ranked him sixth in a "world's greatest leaders" list for 2025. The publication told AFP it published no such ranking.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Shim Kyu-Seok
Misinformation targeting South Korea's electoral body has surged after President Yoon Suk Yeol rehashed baseless claims of voter fraud when he declared his short-lived martial law. As Yoon's impeachment trial drew to a close, his supporters alleged the agency is employing a far higher number of workers than needed for the country's size.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Shim Kyu-Seok
The impeachment trial of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has sparked discussions about his potential successor if the Constitutional Court decides to uphold the parliamentary vote that removed him from office. As the verdict nears, supporters of politician Han Dong-hoon have shared an image appearing to show the country's former leader Park Geun-hye reading Han's memoir in an apparent endorsement for the top job. But the picture is manipulated and originally shows Park with a different book.
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1 month ago | 
malaysia.news.yahoo.com | Shim Kyu-Seok
SHIM Kyu-Seok / AFP South Korea10 March 2025 at 3:26 am·2-min readThe impeachment trial of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has sparked discussions about his potential successor if the Constitutional Court decides to uphold the parliamentary vote that removed him from office. As the verdict nears, supporters of politician Han Dong-hoon have shared an image appearing to show the country's former leader Park Geun-hye reading Han's memoir in an apparent endorsement for the top job.
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1 month ago | 
thestar.com.my | Shim Kyu-Seok |Kang Jin-kyu
SEOUL (AFP): Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was released from detention on Saturday after a court voided his arrest on procedural grounds -- but he remains under investigation over his declaration of martial law. The suspended president, who was detained in a dawn raid in January on insurrection charges over his December 3 attempt to subvert civilian rule, walked out of the detention centre smiling, before bowing deeply before a small crowd of cheering supporters.
