Tag: South Korea
South Korea records hottest summer, beating 2024
The average temperature from June 1 through Aug. 31 was 25.7 degrees Celsius, the highest since data collection began in 1973
North Korea says South Korea troops fired warning shots near border
The confrontation happened on Tuesday as North Korean soldiers were working to permanently seal the heavily fortified border that divides the peninsula, state media outlet KCNA said, citing a statement by Army Lieutenant General Ko Jong Chol.
South Korea begins removing loudspeakers on border with North
It is a practical measure aimed at helping ease tensions with the North, provided that such actions do not compromise the military's state of readiness.
South Koreans vote early in record numbers in poll triggered by...
South Koreans queued in long lines in record numbers to choose their next president on Friday, the second day of early voting in a poll triggered by ex-leader Yoon Suk Yeol's disastrous martial law declaration.
South Korea suspends new downloads of DeepSeek over privacy concerns
The Personal Information Protection Commission said the service was suspended at 6 pm Saturday and will be resumed after "improvements and remedies" are made in line with South Korea's personal information protection laws, Yonhap news agency reported.
South Korea orders all airports to install bird detection cameras, radars
Mobile sonic devices will also be implemented mainly to deal with "medium and large sized birds".
South Korea in political crisis after president resists arrest
Since his impeachment, Yoon has holed up in his presidential residence in the capital Seoul, where he has refused to emerge for questioning three times.
South Korea police raid Jeju Air, airport over fatal crash
South Korean police on Thursday raided the offices of Jeju Air and the operator of Muan International Airport as part of the probe into the fatal crash of a Boeing 737-800 plane that killed 179 people.
South Korean president faces second martial law impeachment vote
A week after a first attempt to remove Yoon for the martial law debacle foundered, the National Assembly will vote at around 4 pm (0700 GMT) on whether to impeach him for "insurrectionary acts undermining the constitutional order".
Yoon Suk Yeol vows to fight ‘until the very last minute’
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed on Thursday to fight "until the very last minute" in a defiant address defending his shock decision to declare martial law and deploy troops to the country's parliament last week.
