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The previous news reports in the years from 2011 are available at [[Chronicles in the past]] of [[KoreanLII]]. | The previous news reports in the years from 2011 are available at [[Chronicles in the past]] of [[KoreanLII]]. | ||
| − | === News in | + | === News in 2025 === |
| − | * On Jan. | + | * On Jan.15, [https://www.chosun.com/english/national-en/2025/01/15/V7SURCS33VCLJFKZ54YQM6PTTU/ President Yoon Suk-yeol was detained for questioning about his short-lived martial law decree beyond president's power a month ago by the State's anti-corruption agency] ([[CIO]]) after weekslong stand-off between the [[CIO]] and police, and the security guards and Yoon supporting citizens at the President's residential compound in Hannam-dong, Seoul. |
| − | + | * Early in the morning on January 19, when a senior judge of the Seoul Western District Court [https://www.chosun.com/english/national-en/2025/01/19/UJMLLTSMQRCKBK6GPAGTW6447M/ issued a warrant for President Yoon after a pre-detention hearing, citing concerns about evidence tampering], Yoon's supporters stormed the grounds, smashed windows, and [https://www.chosun.com/english/national-en/2025/01/19/B7QUBBA6YBFZLABI46Y6ZRY6FM/ forced their way inside the courthouse, resulting in the arrest of 63 intruders] by the police. | |
| − | + | * On Feb. 3, an [https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-02-03/business/industry/2233909 appellate court in Seoul acquitted Lee Jae-yong, chairman of Samsung Electronics], on charges of breach of trust and [[Samsung BioLogics accounting scandal|accounting fraud]] intended to push the merger of two Samsung affiliates, thus [https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-02-03/business/industry/2233909 lifting Lee's long-running legal risks] that have negatively impacted the Korea's largest business group. | |
| − | + | * On Feb. 19, Chosun Ilbo published the first interview with one of the two [https://www.chosun.com/english/north-korea-en/2025/02/19/2TUJ44HQBVGJNJFEA6XD2A4IPU/ North Korean soldiers who were captured last month] after being deployed to Kursk, Russia, where he was [[POW|wounded in combat]] with Ukrainian forces. He was initially informed that he would be going to Russia for training, unaware that he would be participating in combat. Surprisingly, during his ten-year military service, which mostly involved combat training and construction work, he had never been able to go home and was only allowed to speak to his parents over the phone.2 | |
| − | * On Feb. | + | * On Mar. 1, Acting President [https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-03-01/national/politics/2252946 Choi Sang-mok underscored the need for national unity] at a ceremony marking the 1919 Independence Movement, but, in the afternoon, [https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-02-28/national/politics/2252567 mass rallies took place in downtown Seoul for and against President Yoon Suk-yeol's removal from office] before the Constitutional Court's deliberations on the final decision following the conclusion of his impeachment trial hearings a few days ago. |
| − | + | * On Mar. 8, impeached [https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-03-08/national/politics/2257700 President Yoon Suk-yeol was released from custody] after prosecutors waived their right to appeal the previous day's decision by the Seoul Central District Court, but the [https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-03-09/national/politics/2258022 opposition parties threatened to impeach Prosecutor General Shim Woo-jung] since they have long accused the prosecutors of being biased in favor of conservatives. | |
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Latest revision as of 21:27, 9 March 2025
Here are the past news moved from News of interest to Foreign Readers.[1] Move to PC_KoreanLII.
The previous news reports in the years from 2011 are available at Chronicles in the past of KoreanLII.
News in 2025
- On Jan.15, President Yoon Suk-yeol was detained for questioning about his short-lived martial law decree beyond president's power a month ago by the State's anti-corruption agency (CIO) after weekslong stand-off between the CIO and police, and the security guards and Yoon supporting citizens at the President's residential compound in Hannam-dong, Seoul.
- Early in the morning on January 19, when a senior judge of the Seoul Western District Court issued a warrant for President Yoon after a pre-detention hearing, citing concerns about evidence tampering, Yoon's supporters stormed the grounds, smashed windows, and forced their way inside the courthouse, resulting in the arrest of 63 intruders by the police.
- On Feb. 3, an appellate court in Seoul acquitted Lee Jae-yong, chairman of Samsung Electronics, on charges of breach of trust and accounting fraud intended to push the merger of two Samsung affiliates, thus lifting Lee's long-running legal risks that have negatively impacted the Korea's largest business group.
- On Feb. 19, Chosun Ilbo published the first interview with one of the two North Korean soldiers who were captured last month after being deployed to Kursk, Russia, where he was wounded in combat with Ukrainian forces. He was initially informed that he would be going to Russia for training, unaware that he would be participating in combat. Surprisingly, during his ten-year military service, which mostly involved combat training and construction work, he had never been able to go home and was only allowed to speak to his parents over the phone.2
- On Mar. 1, Acting President Choi Sang-mok underscored the need for national unity at a ceremony marking the 1919 Independence Movement, but, in the afternoon, mass rallies took place in downtown Seoul for and against President Yoon Suk-yeol's removal from office before the Constitutional Court's deliberations on the final decision following the conclusion of his impeachment trial hearings a few days ago.
- On Mar. 8, impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol was released from custody after prosecutors waived their right to appeal the previous day's decision by the Seoul Central District Court, but the opposition parties threatened to impeach Prosecutor General Shim Woo-jung since they have long accused the prosecutors of being biased in favor of conservatives.
References
- ↑ The news is screened and posted on the basis of foreign readers' interest and KoreanLII article listings.
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