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South Korea election: New president Lee Jae-myung pledges to revive democracy and economy
Lee’s decisive victory in snap election stands to usher in sea change in Asia’s fourth-largest economy
South Korea election: projected victory for Lee Jae-myung could herald big foreign policy shift
Election was triggered by the impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol, the conservative president who declared martial law last December
Lee Jae-myung: The man set to take over South Korea’s turbulent democracy
South Korea's presidential election comes after country’s former leader was impeached for imposing martial law
South Korea’s former president Moon indicted for alleged bribery
Corruption charge connected to employment of his former son-in-law at a now-defunct small budget airline
South Koreans celebrate Yoon’s expulsion but ousting does not heal divisions
Country’s chief justice formally expelled the president from office on Friday
South Korea’s president removed from office over martial law bid
Yoon Suk Yeol’s shortlived attempt to impose military rule triggered political crisis
South Korea battles worst ever wildfires as disaster chief points to ‘harsh reality’ of climate crisis
Raging fires have killed at least 27 and displaced about 37,000
South Korea wildfires kill at least 24, force more than 27,000 to evacuate
Pilot killed in firefighting helicopter crash amid battle to contain some of country’s worst forest fires in decades
Fraud and abuse in South Korea’s foreign-adoption programme in 1970s and 1980s highlighted
Children were falsely documented as abandoned orphans and children’s identities were switched, commission finds
South Korean court reinstates impeached PM Han Duck-soo as acting president
Han was accused of not opposing president Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law declaration
South Korean court cancels impeached president Yoon’s arrest warrant
Ruling paves way for Yoon’s release from jail following arrest over brief imposition of martial law
Fifteen injured after South Korean jets accidentally drop bombs on homes
Air force says eight Mk82 bombs from two jets fell outside shooting range during live-fire exercises
South Korean president appears in two courts while defending martial law decree
Yoon denies ordering arrest of key politicians and accuses former first deputy director of South Korea’s spy agency of lying and fabricating evidence
South Korea’s Yoon attends first criminal trial hearing
Yoon’s lawyers attempt to cancel detention, arguing insurrection probe conducted in illegal manner
We Do Not Part by Han Kang: Snow becomes a metaphor for the dark underside of modern Korean history
The Nobel Prize winning author is vigilant against the dangers of forgetting in a memorable, probing and exquisitely detailed novel
Russia claims to have taken control of strategic city in eastern Ukraine
North Korean troops believed to have been withdrawn from frontline due to heavy losses
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South Korea’s prosecutors indict president Yoon for insurrection
Yoon Suk Yeol has been in custody since becoming first sitting president to be arrested on January 15
Yoon makes first appearance at impeachment trial over bid to impose martial law in South Korea
Yoon has been incarcerated under a separate criminal investigation into whether he led an insurrection
Yoon Suk Yeol has detention extended by South Korean court
Upon hearing that Yoon’s detention was extended, some Yoon supporters broke into the court
South Korea’s detained president Yoon refuses questioning
South Korea’s detained president Yoon refuses questioning, challenges arrest
South Korea mired in political chaos following Yoon’s arrest
South Korean president has pitted himself against prosecutors, the courts and the political opposition
South Korea’s impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol detained in martial law investigation
Investigation by anti-corruption agency, police and military examining whether Yoon’s martial law declaration amounted to attempted rebellion
Black boxes from South Korea plane crash failed to record final four minutes
Voice and data recorders from Jeju Air flight ‘crucial’ to determining cause of accident
Echoes of US politics in South Korea standoff between executive and judicial powers
Some in impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol’s camp have said they hope Donald Trump will come to his aid after Washington inauguration
Blinken expresses confidence in South Korean democratic process
Blinken expresses confidence in South Korea democratic process
South Korea: Investigators ask acting president to clear way for Yoon’s arrest after six-hour standoff
Security service and military troops on Friday prevented prosecutors from arresting Yoon Suk Yeol
South Korean investigators fail in bid to detain impeached president
Latest confrontation of political crisis that has paralysed South Korean politics and seen two heads of state impeached
South Korea police search Jeju Air, airport operator over fatal plane crash
Some 179 people killed in worst aviation disaster on country soil
South Korea plane crash black box to be sent to US for analysis
Jeju air crash investigation ramps up as funeral procedures begin
South Korean airport embankment in focus after deadly Jeju Air crash
Authorities work to identify rest of victims from Sunday’s South Korean crash as experts criticise runway design, saying embankment too close
South Korea issues arrest warrant for impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol
Unprecedented move against incumbent leader marks latest blow in spiralling political crisis
South Korea orders emergency review of aircraft systems after plane crash kills 179
Boeing plane operated by budget airline Jeju Air skidded off a runway at Muan International Airport, hit a wall and burst into flames
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