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Jan 16, 2025 | 
today.line.me | Yoo Seungki
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's constitutional court on Thursday held the second hearing for the impeachment trial of President Yoon Suk-yeol, who was arrested the previous day over his martial law imposition. During the second formal hearing, the court justices adopted evidence and witnesses and dismissed Yoon's defense counsel's claim that the evidence and witnesses were illegal. Next hearings will be held on 21 and 23 of January and on 4, 6, 11 and 13 of February.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
today.line.me | Yoo Seungki |Chen Yi |Yang Chang
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol was arrested Wednesday over his short-lived martial law imposition, becoming the first incumbent president to be arrested in the country's modern historyA large-scale operation involving over 1,200 police and 40 investigators was conducted to arrest Yoon earlier the day. Produced by Xinhua Global Service■
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
today.line.me | Yoo Seungki |Yao Qilin
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol was arrested in presidential residence Wednesday, becoming the country's first sitting president to be kept in custody over his short-lived martial law imposition.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
today.line.me | Yoo Seungki |Yao Qilin
Policemen keep guard near the site of a gathering held by supporters of the impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol near the presidential residence in central Seoul, South Korea, Jan. 3, 2025. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- The South Korean constitutional court started the first hearing of President Yoon Suk-yeol's impeachment trial on Tuesday. Yoon did not appear at the hearing.
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
today.line.me | Yoo Seungki |Yao Qilin
National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik ended the voting process about three hours after waiting for the ruling party lawmakers, announcing the impeachment motion was scrapped on lack of quorum. SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's parliament on Saturday failed to pass President Yoon Suk-yeol's impeachment motion as most of ruling People Power Party lawmakers refused to vote on it.
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
today.line.me | Yoo Seungki |Zhou Saang |Tian Li
A majority of South Korea's ruling People Power Party lawmakers boycotted the vote on President Yoon Suk-yeol's impeachment motion, TV footage showed Saturday. #XinhuaNews
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
today.line.me | Yoo Seungki |Yao Qilin
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Saturday that he was very sorry and sincerely apologized to people who were very surprised by the martial law declaration. SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Saturday that he will let the ruling People Power Party decide on his term, indicating his willingness to accept the shortened presidential tenure.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
today.line.me | Ye Shan |Lu Rui |Sun Yiran |Liu Tian |Yoo Seungki |Deng Xianlai | +4 more
* South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol lifted early Wednesday the martial law he imposed a few hours earlier, giving in to lawmakers rejecting military rule. * South Korea's senior presidential staff, including the chief of staff and all the senior secretaries, offered to resign after Yoon's revocation of the martial law. * The National Assembly passed a resolution to lift the martial law with 18 lawmakers of the ruling People Power Party and 172 lawmakers of opposition parties voting in favor.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
today.line.me | Liu Tian |Lu Rui |Yoo Seungki |Yao Qilin
South Korea's senior presidential staff offered to resign, while all martial law troops left the parliament building. SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's senior presidential staff, including the chief of staff and all the senior secretaries, offered to resign after President Yoon Suk-yeol declared and lifted an emergency martial law, multiple media outlets said Wednesday, citing the presidential office.
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Aug 24, 2024 | 
chine.in | Chen Shaohua |Yoo Seungki
Cinq personnes ont été tuées et neuf autres blessées dans un accident de la circulation survenu samedi matin en République de Corée, a rapporté l'agence de presse Yonhap, citant les pompiers. Un van transportant des journaliers est entré en collision vers 5h45 heure locale (20h45 GMT vendredi) avec un bus à une intersection à Ansan, une ville située à quelque 30km au sud de Séoul, la capitale sud-coréenne.
