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AFP
Jun 10, 2025

China, South Korea must safeguard free trade, Xi tells Lee

In a phone call with Lee, Xi urged Beijing and Seoul to “inject more certainty into regional and international situations”, Xinhua news agency said, as well as to “promote strategic cooperative partnership to a higher level”.

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Reuters
Jun 04, 2025

White House calls South Korea election ‘fair,’ expresses concern about Chinese influence

“The US-ROK Alliance remains ironclad. While South Korea had a free and fair election, the United States remains concerned and opposed to Chinese interference and influence in democracies around the world.”

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Reuters
Jun 04, 2025

South Korea’s new President Lee vows to revive democracy from ‘near demise’

Lee’s decisive victory in Tuesday’s snap election stands to usher in a sea change in Asia’s fourth-largest economy, after backlash against a botched attempt at military rule brought down Yoon Suk Yeol just three years into his troubled presidency.

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Reuters
Jun 03, 2025

Liberal Lee Jae-myung projected to win South Korea election

Around 78 per cent of South Korea’s 44.39 million eligible voters had cast ballots to pick the leader of Asia’s fourth-largest economy, hoping to draw to a close six months of turmoil triggered by a shock martial law briefly imposed by former leader Yoon Suk Yeol.

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Reuters
May 02, 2025

South Korea’s latest acting president vows to ensure stability until election

Lee pledged to work closely with the cabinet and opposition-led parliament which impeached Yoon in December, and to try to stabilise the government.

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Reuters
Apr 14, 2025

S Korea begins criminal insurrection trial of ousted president Yoon

“This was a peaceful ‘message martial law’ to the nation… I knew this martial law would end within half-a-day, a day,” Yoon said.

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Reuters
Apr 11, 2025

Ousted South Korean President Yoon leaves official residence

Hundreds had gathered outside the gates of the official residence, where Yoon briefly stopped to hug and shake hands with supporters, some of whom were crying.

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Reuters
Mar 07, 2025

South Korea court paves way for President Yoon’s release from jail

Yoon’s lawyers and his presidential office welcomed the district court decision, saying it showed the case against Yoon had been pursued for political purposes with no legal justification.

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Web Desk
Jan 26, 2025

North Korea tests sea-to-land strategic cruise missiles

The missile reportedly travelled along complex elliptical and figure-eight trajectories.

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AFP
Jan 25, 2025

S Korea prosecutors renew request for longer detention for Yoon

Yoon was arrested in a dawn raid last week on insurrection charges, becoming the first sitting South Korean head of state to be detained in a criminal probe.