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Democratic Party leader Jeong Cheong-rae, right, and rival People Power Party leader Jang Dong-hyeok attend a lantern lighting ceremony on the lawn outside the National Assembly in Yeouido, western Seoul, on April 30. [NEWS1]

Korea's party chiefs to receive early police protection after alleged plot to assassinate DP leader

The leaders of Korea's two main political parties will likely receive police protection earlier than expected ahead of the June 3 elections after authorities received reports of an alleged assassination plot targeting DP chief Jeong Cheong-rae.

2026.5.17

Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja, center, arrives for questioning at the office of special counsel Min Joong-ki in Jongno District, central Seoul, on Sept. 17. Han, who has been accused by prosecutors of bribing former first lady Kim Keon Hee and conservative lawmaker Kweon Seong-dong, was indicted on Oct. 9 on charges of bribery, embezzlement and violating political funding laws. [YONHAP]

From reverence to reckoning: Scandals pull back curtain on the Unification Church

After decades spent weaving a formidable web of religious, business and media companies, the Unification Church now finds itself under the harsh light of official inquiries in both Korea and Japan.

2025.10.15

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Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen, left, talks with his son, Prime Minister Hun Manet, during the 74th founding anniversary in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on June 28. [AP/YONHAP]

Thailand, Korea deny Cambodian assassination claim involving Korean-made bombs

Thailand and Korea on Thursday denied a claim by Cambodia that the Thai military plotted to assassinate Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen and Prime Minister Hun Manet using Korean-made guided bombs.

2025.8.7

In this image released by the Martin County Sheriff's Office, law enforcement officers arrest Ryan Routh, a man suspected in an apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump, Sept. 15, 2024. [AP/YONHAP]

Man accused of attempting to assassinate Trump wants to represent himself in Florida case

A man charged with attempting to assassinate Donald Trump last year at his Florida golf course told a federal judge Thursday he wants to fire his court-appointed lawyers and represent himself.

2025.7.11

In this courtroom sketch, Vance Boelter, right, who is charged with killing one Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another, is seen at a federal court hearing on June 16 in St. Paul, Minnesota. [AP/YONHAP]

40 hours of violence and fear as gunman stalks Minnesota politicians

Violence and fear swept through towns in an arc around Minneapolis for more than 40 hours over the weekend as a man seemingly intent on sowing political devastation killed one Minnesota state lawmaker and left another bleeding from 9 bullet wounds.

2025.6.17

The futility of assassinations to turn the tide

The currents of history didn’t change to meet the original design of the assassins, given the developments in America and Korea.

2024.8.4

Stop digital character assassination (KOR)

The government must send a clear message that anyone committing such despicable sex crime will be found and receive grave punishments.

2024.5.23

Stop digital character assassination

The government must send a clear message that anyone committing such despicable sex crime will be found and receive grave punishments.

2024.5.22

Actor Park So-dam as Yuriko in 'Phantom' [CJ ENM]

Park So-dam on illness, support and a different kinda comeback

Actor Park So-dam, who became a global sensation with her depiction of streetwise and sassy Ki-jung in "Parasite" (2019), has had a cinematic three years since the release of the Oscar winning film. After being propelled to stardom by the dark...

2023.1.17

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes a campaign speech in Nara, western Japan, shortly before he was shot dead Friday. [AP/YONHAP]

Yoon Suk-yeol, Korean business leaders send condolences after death of Shinzo Abe

President Yoon Suk-yeol and other Korean political and business leaders expressed their condolences following the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday.

2022.7.10