Press Review - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is ousted. What comes next?

South Korea presidential ouster part of Chinese strategy to 'expand its regional influence,' expert says

In a week that saw French right-wing leader Marine Le Pen banned from running for office, the South Korean Constitutional Court's ouster of President Yoon Suk Yeol from office on Friday has critics looking towards Beijing’s hand in efforts to remove the leader from power."Yoon’s foreign and security policies stand in stark contrast to the pro-China figures long supported and controlled by the [Chinese Communist Party (CCP)]," Anna Mahjar-Barducc…

Yoon's ouster sparks uncertain presidential race in South Korea

SEOUL -- The formal impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol marks the end of one chapter in South Korea's monthslong political crisis but ushers in a n

How the fall of Yoon fuelled the rise of S Korea's conservatives

A pro-Yoon fringe movement, stoked by right-wing YouTubers, has become more energised and extreme.

North Korea reports on Yoon Suk-yeol’s impeachment, highlights turmoil in South

North Korea has reported on the removal of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol less than a day after the Constitutional Court’s ruling, largely following its recent approach of factually reporting the events surrounding the fallout of the political “chaos” in its southern neighbor in recent months.  The party-run newspaper Rodong Sinmun reported on Saturday that […]

U.N. chief voices 'full' confidence in S. Korea's commitment to democratic principles after Yoon's ouster

By Song Sang-ho WASHINGTON, April 4 (Yonhap) -- U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres ...

After months of daily mobilizations, and rebounds worthy of a political-judicial soap opera, the South Korean head of state, Yoon Suk Yeol, was dismissed, a relief for a large part of the population.