After having agreed to stop political battles with the People Power Party, the Democratic Party is poised to submit two motions to impeach National Communications Commission Chairman Lee Dong-kwan and Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon.
The majority party plans to pass a motion to impeach three top prosecutors, including the chief of the Seoul Central Prosecutors’ Office, in a vote next week.
Former People Power Party lawmaker and party elder Hwang Woo-yea will return to a leadership position as the chair of the election committee.
The four presidential primary contenders of the conservative People Power Party (PPP) will face off in a four-way debate on Saturday evening.
The Bank of Korea (BOK) kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 2.5 percent on Thursday, citing continued pressure from the weakening won and rising home prices in Seoul.
Former President Yoon Suk Yeol submitted an opinion to the police on Wednesday explaining his planned nonappearance for questioning over martial law-related charges later this week.
Issuing and supervising stablecoins is not just a technological or industrial issue — it is a sovereign responsibility. The Bank of Korea must therefore be at the center of the discussion.
If the DP continues threatening the executive branch in such ways, it’s a brazen assault on the separation of powers.
The Foreign Ministry of Australia says it welcomes the new ambassador. But his new role as ambassador will certainly shrink if he is required to go back and forth between the two countries for investigation.
If prosecutors lose public confidence due to political activities ahead of the election, damage could go to the general public.
The Democratic Party has submitted a bill to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate former defense minister Lee Jong-sup over his alleged involvement in the tragic death of a Marine last year after Lee arrived in Australia as ambassador.
The Democratic Party on Thursday passed three motions to dismiss KCC Chairman Lee Dong-kwan and two prosecutors to create a friendly environment ahead of the next parliamentary election in April.
The Democratic Party's submission of a motion to impeach four prosecutors who investigated its leader Lee Jae-myung will most likely backfire.
A Korean American pastor who gave a luxury handbag to first lady Kim Keon Hee said he secretly recorded himself doing so to expose the “true character” of President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife as he appeared before prosecutors on Monday.
The Constitutional Court announced on Thursday evening that it will hold the 11th and final hearing of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment trial at 2 p.m. on Feb. 25.
President Yoon Suk Yeol insisted his Dec. 3 martial law declaration was intended to alert the public about the “all-powerful” Democratic Party, and not to suppress democracy, during his final argument at the 11th hearing of his impeachment trial.
Former President Yoon Suk Yeol did not appear for police questioning Thursday morning over charges related to his botched martial law bid, officials said, ignoring their summons for the second time.
Tens of thousands marched against the Yoon Suk Yeol administration and demanded first lady Kim Keon Hee accept a special counsel probe during a liberal Democratic Party (DP)-led protest on Saturday in downtown Seoul.
The conservative People Power Party (PPP) on Monday urged presidential candidate Kim Moon-soo to merge his campaign with former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo within the next five days to deter liberal Democratic Party’s Lee Jae-myung.
A teenager drove a car into a water fountain park in front of the Blue House just after midnight on Thursday.