Tag: South Korea
S. Korean ex-defence minister arrested after martial law fiasco: media
South Korea's former defence minister Kim Yong-hyun has been arrested over his role in a martial law declaration that plunged the country into turmoil, local media reported Sunday.
South Korean ruling party demands Yoon step down
South Korea's ruling party chief demanded Friday that President Yoon Suk Yeol stand down over his martial law attempt, warning he posed a great danger to the country.
Pyongyang to ‘permanently’ shut border with South Korea
North Korea's army said on Wednesday it was moving to "permanently shut off and block the southern border" with the South and had informed the US military to prevent an accidental clash.
North Korean defects to South, says Seoul military
Seoul's military said it picked up "one suspected North Korean individual on the eastern front and handed them over to the relevant authorities".
South Korea resumes propaganda broadcasts aimed at North
The nuclear-armed North has sent more than a thousand balloons south since May, calling it retaliation for balloons carrying anti-Kim propaganda floated northwards by activists in the South.
Seoul fires warning shots as N. Korean soldiers cross border again
Dozens of North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the heavily fortified border Tuesday but retreated after warning shots were fired, Seoul said, the second such incident in two weeks as Pyongyang reinforces its frontiers with the South.
