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February 3, 2025 at 10:26 AM
South Korean appeals court upholds acquittal of Samsung chief Lee
A South Korean appeals court has upheld a ruling that acquitted Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong of financial criminal charges over a contentious merger between Samsung affiliates that cemented his grip over the biggest South Korean company
February 3, 2025 at 10:26 AM
January 29, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Passenger plane catches fire at South Korean airport. All 176 on board evacuated
A passenger plane has caught fire before takeoff at an airport in South Korea, but all 176 people on board have been safely evacuated
January 29, 2025 at 5:42 AM
January 27, 2025 at 7:37 AM
South Korean crash report: Bird remains in engines, but cause still unclear
The first report on last month’s Jeju Air crash in South Korea has confirmed bird strikes in the plane’s engines, though officials haven’t determined the cause of the accident that killed all but two of the 181 people on board
January 27, 2025 at 7:37 AM
January 27, 2025 at 7:30 AM
What to expect after South Korean president's indictment on rebellion charges
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has become the country’s first leader to be indicted, less than two weeks after he was the first to be detained
January 27, 2025 at 7:30 AM
January 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
South Korean president indicted on insurrection charges
Yoon declared martial law in a televised speech on Dec. 3.
January 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
January 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM
South Korean prosecutors indict impeached president over his martial law, reports say
Yonhap news agency says South Korean prosecutors have indicted the impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his imposition of martial law
January 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM
January 25, 2025 at 4:18 AM
South Koreans turn funeral wreaths, K-pop light sticks into political protest tools
South Korean protesters are repurposing traditional flower wreaths and K-pop light sticks as political protest tools amid President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment trial, with both supporters and opponents sending hundreds of wreaths to government building...
January 25, 2025 at 4:18 AM
January 23, 2025 at 1:04 PM
South Korea to remove concrete barriers near runways, reports say
South Korea will remove a concrete structure at the runway of one of its southern airports, the scene of a plane crash that killed all but two of the 181 people on board last month
January 23, 2025 at 1:04 PM
January 22, 2025 at 2:54 AM
South Korea to shrink biomass energy subsidies after criticism over link to deforestation
The South Korean government has announced it will reduce indirect subsidies for biomass energy
January 22, 2025 at 2:54 AM
January 21, 2025 at 9:49 AM
South Korea's Yoon defends martial law decree in first public appearance since arrest
South Korea’s impeached president has denied that he ordered the military to drag lawmakers out of the National Assembly to prevent them from voting to reject his martial law decree last month, as he appeared for the first time before the Constitutiona...
January 21, 2025 at 9:49 AM
January 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
After a weekslong confrontation, South Korea's impeached president Yoon is detained
South Korean police detained impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol at his residence in Seoul on Wednesday local time, ABC News confirmed.
January 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
January 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
South Korea’s impeached president Yoon is detained
The detention comes weeks after investigators first attempted to arrest President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived declaration of martial law in December. ABC News’ Joohee Cho reports.
January 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
January 15, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Impeached South Korean president detained after weeks-long confrontation
South Korean police detained impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol at his residence in Seoul on Wednesday local time, ABC News confirmed.
January 15, 2025 at 11:59 AM
January 12, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Black box in South Korea plane crash missing crucial data
Authorities say both of the plane’s black boxes stopped working four minutes before the 737 tried to land in a major setback for the investigation into the crash.
January 12, 2025 at 1:47 AM
1 month ago
Court reissues warrant for impeached South Korean president
Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol’s lawyer said he still strongly believes that the Corruption Investigation Office's execution of the arrest warrant is illegitimate.
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Court reissues warrant for impeached South Korean president, who remains at residence
Seoul Western District Court on Tuesday night reissued a warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol.
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'Another violation,' Blinken says of North Korean launch as he visits South Korea
The JCS said the South Korean military has heightened surveillance for additional launches and maintaining a readiness posture to share info with the U.S. and Japan.
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Protesters gather at impeached South Korean president's residence
Thousands of South Korean citizens gathered on Sunday near impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol's residence a day before an arrest warrant for him expires. ABC News’ Britt Clennett reports.
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With a day left, South Korean anti-corruption agency urges police to arrest president
With the arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol expiring on Monday, the South Korean anti-corruption agency asked police to detain the embattled leader.
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Protesters gather at impeached South Korean president's residence
Thousands of South Korean citizens were gathering on Sunday near impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol’s residence a day before an arrest warrant for him expires.
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South Korean investigators drop effort to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol
Police vehicles and crowds of the impeached president's backers were seen outside his home in the South Korean capital.
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South Korean investigators abandon effort to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol
South Korea’s anti-corruption agency dispatched investigators to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday.
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Investigators comb South Korean runway following deadly Jeju Air plane crash
Some investigators were on their hands and knees, combing for forensic evidence around the crash site at Muan International Airport. Sunday's crash killed 179 people, leaving two survivors.
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Survivor speaks out after deadly plane crash in South Korea
One of the two Jeju Air crew members who survived the Boeing 737 crash and is recovering in the ICU told doctors that when he woke up, he had already been rescued.
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Investigators comb runway, searching for answers in deadly South Korean plane crash
After a deadly plane crash in South Korea, authorities are conducting a full investigation on 101 of the same model of aircraft that are operating in six local airlines.
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1 of 2 survivors of deadly South Korea jet crash is alert and talking
A flight attendant, one of just two survivors of the Jeju Air plane crash in South Korea on Sunday that killed 179 people, is awake and talking, a hospital official said.
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Investigators probe cause of South Korean plane crash
A team from the NTSB joined South Korean investigators to figure out what led to Sunday's crash, which killed 179 people. Only two people -- both flight attendants -- survived the Jeju Air crash.
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Aviation expert on possible causes of South Korean jet crash
ABC News’ Stephanie Ramos speaks to pilot and aviation expert John Nance on what clues investigators are studying in the South Korea plane crash that claimed 179 lives.
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Arrest warrant issued for South Korea's impeached President Yoon
South Korean investigators' request for an arrest and search warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was approved by the court.
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What to know about the deadly Jeju Air plane crash
ABC News contributor and aviation consultant Col. Steve Ganyard breaks down the latest on the Jeju Air flight 2216 crash in South Korea.
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Mystery grows over deadly South Korea plane crash
Investigators are trying to determine what happened in the moments before a Boeing flight skidded off the runway, killing 179 people on board.
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South Korean President Yoon could be arrested over martial law declaration
Officials are seeking to arrest him on insurrection and abuse of power charges.
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179 dead in South Korean plane crash
U.S. federal officials have joined the investigation into the Jeju Air plane that was landing at Muan International Airport when it went off the runway and crashed into a wall.
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2 survivors recovering as South Korean officials probe Jeju Air plane crash
Authorities in South Korea were working on Monday to confirm the identities of more than three dozen of the 179 passengers who were killed when a Jeju Air plane crashed.
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Boeing 737 crash lands at airport in South Korea
The Jeju Air flight came in with no landing gear deployed, skidding at high speed before plowing into a wall and erupting into flames.
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179 dead, 2 rescued after plane crashes while landing in South Korea
179 people are dead after an airplane veered off a runway upon landing at an airport in South Korea on Sunday morning, according to local media.
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2 rescued, 179 dead in South Korean plane crash
ABC’s Gio Benitez reports on the plane crash in South Korea on “This Week.”
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179 dead after plane crash in South Korea
ABC News Contributor John Nance joins Live to discuss the Jeju Air flight 2216 crash.
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South Korean passenger plane crash-lands, killing scores
ABC News' contributor and aviation analyst John Nance discusses the deadly crash-landing, which authorities said killed at least 176 people.
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South Korea’s National Assembly impeaches acting president
The vote took place just 13 days after the country’s prime minister, Han Duk-soo, began his role as acting president.
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Party leader resigns after South Korean president’s martial law declaration
The South Korean National Assembly voted on Saturday to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol in a divisive vote.
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South Korea's ruling party leader resigns
The resignation comes two days after President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment vote.
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Thousands celebrate in Seoul after South Korean president impeached
South Korea’s parliament voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol after he sent troops to the National Assembly during his attempt to enforce martial law.
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South Korea passes impeachment bill on President Yoon Suk Yeol
The South Korean National Assembly has voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday in a divisive vote.
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South Korean president impeached over martial law
South Korea’s national assembly voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol, suspending him from office after his declaration of martial law that plunged the country into political turmoil.
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Seoul invests millions to become 'city without loneliness'
Officials in Seoul, South Korea, plan to spend $327 million over the next 5 years to battle loneliness.
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South Korea's ruling conservative party leader in favor of impeaching President Yoon
The opposition parties moved to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol last week but failed.
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'Unimaginable situation': South Korea endures fallout from martial law effort
President Yoon Suk Yeol listed numerous grievances against opposition lawmakers in an effort to justify his actions.
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South Korea's ruling party leader now in favor of impeaching President Yoon
The leader of South Korea's ruling People Power Party says he is now in favor of impeaching President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived declaration of martial law.
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Police raid South Korean presidential office amid arrests after martial law
The search follows more than a week of political turmoil in South Korea after Yoon's brief failed imposition of a police state.
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