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President Yoon Suk Yeol and Chinese leader Xi Jinping conversed for just three minutes without holding a formal meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco held in November of last year.
Rival parties are locking horns over the scheduled second vote on a bill to launch a special counsel investigation into first lady Kim Keon Hee, after it was returned to the National Assembly on Friday following President Yoon Suk Yeol’s veto.
Han Dong-hoon, the new interim leader of the ruling People Power Party (PPP), sought to strengthen the conservative party’s footing in the liberal strongholds of Gwangju and the surrounding Jeolla provinces, Thursday, promising that his party will express its gratitude to the regions through policies by using its power as the ruling party.
Korea's political landscape is shrouded in uncertainty after a shocking daytime stabbing of main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) Chairman Rep. Lee Jae-myung occurred on Tuesday. The Yoon Suk Yeol administration and rival parties have since taken a moment from their usual squabbles to take stock of the current dire political situation.
President Yoon Suk Yeol announced, Monday, that an enhanced version of the South Korea-U.S. extended deterrence scheme will be fully established within the first half of this year, enabling Seoul to more effectively counter Pyongyang's nuclear threats.