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Former chief of staff Kim Dae-ki, who served during the Yoon Suk Yeol administration, attends a questioning session held by a special counsel probe team in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi, on May 15. [NEWS1]

Special counsel team seeks arrest warrants for ex-top office officials over 2022 relocation of presidential residence

A special counsel team on Tuesday sought arrest warrants for three former presidential officials to ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol over alleged irregularities in the 2022 relocation of the presidential residence, legal sources said.

2026.5.19

Officials from the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials and police enter the presidential residence in Yongsan District, central Seoul, on Jan. 15 on their way to arrest President Yoon Suk Yeol. [YONHAP]

President Yoon faces CIO grilling, possible special probe into insurrection charge

President Yoon Suk Yeol faces an intense interrogation by the CIO's investigators as well as the mounting possibility of a parliamentary special counsel probe.

2025.1.15

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Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung, left, smiles and he shakes hands with acting President Choi Sang-mok at the National Assembly in Yeouido, western Seoul, on Jan. 13. [NEWS1]

Acting President Choi calls on gov't agencies to avoid violence during Yoon arrest attempt

Acting President Choi Sang-mok on Monday called on government agencies to avoid physical conflict over efforts to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol.

2025.1.13

From left: Rep. Chun Ha-ram of the Reform Party, Rep. Chun Jong-duk of the Progressive Party, Rep. Kim Yong-min of the Democratic Party, Rep. Han Chang-min of the Social Democratic Party, Rep. Hwang Un-ha of the Rebuilding Korea Party and Rep. Yong Hye-in of the Basic Income Party submit a new bill to establish a special counsel probe into President Yoon Suk Yeol at the National Assembly in Yeouido, western Seoul, on Jan. 9. [NEWS1]

DP introduces new special counsel bill to probe Yoon insurrection allegations

The liberal Democratic Party on Thursday introduced another bill to the National Assembly to establish a special counsel probe into President Yoon Suk Yeol after a previous version failed to attract enough support from the rival People Power Party.

2025.1.9

Two special counsel probe bills targeting President Yoon Suk Yeol and first lady Kim Keon Hee, as well as eight other pieces of vetoed legislation, are scrapped after failing to gather enough votes at the National Assembly in Yeouido, western Seoul, on Jan. 8. [NEWS1]

Special counsel bills against Yoon, first lady scrapped after vote to overturn veto fails

The liberal Democratic Party (DP) failed to muster enough votes in the National Assembly on Wednesday to salvage two bills to establish special counsel probes into President Yoon Suk Yeol and first lady Kim Keon Hee.

2025.1.8

Acting President Han Duck-soo attends a luncheon at his official residence in Jongno District, central Seoul, on Dec. 24. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

DP delays impeachment motion, awaits acting president's decision on Constitutional Court nominations

The liberal Democratic Party (DP) said Tuesday evening it will hold off on impeaching acting President Han Duck-soo over his refusal to consider two bills to establish special counsel probes into President Yoon Suk Yeol and first lady Kim Keon Hee.

2024.12.24

A bill to establish a special counsel probe into various allegations against first lady Kim Keon Hee passes in the absence of People Power Party lawmakers in the National Assembly on Thursday. [YONHAP]

DP rams three controversial bills through Assembly amid PPP boycott

Two bills call for special counsel probes into first lady Kim Keon Hee and the military’s handling of a young Marine’s death, while the third encourages the use of local currency vouchers to stimulate the economy.

2024.9.19

Chairs on the right side of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee meeting room in the National Assembly are left empty after lawmakers from the People Power Party stormed out to protest Democratic Party members' decision to approve two controversial bills. [NEWS1]

PPP storms out of key committee meeting as DP greenlights two special counsel bills

Members of the conservative People Power Party (PPP) stormed out of a parliamentary committee meeting on Wednesday after lawmakers from the liberal Democratic Party (DP) greenlit two special counsel probe bills opposed by the government.

2024.9.11

Rep. Park Sung-joon of the liberal Democratic Party, left, and Rep. Bae June-young of the conservative People Power Party shake hands after they agreed to establish a joint consultative body with the government to discuss livelihood issues during a meeting at the National Assembly in Yeouido, western Seoul, on Thursday. [YONHAP]

Rival parties agree to cooperate on livelihood bills even as partisan rift persists

Korea’s two main parties agreed on Wednesday to work together to pass bills on livelihood issues where there is bipartisan agreement, even as they remain at loggerheads over other controversial legislation.

2024.8.8

In this photo taken on Nov. 7, 2018, then-first lady Kim Jung-sook, second from left, smiles as she poses for a photograph in front of the Taj Mahal in Agra, India alongside then-Culture Minister Do Jong-hwan, second from right. Shin Bong-gil, Korea's ambassador to India at the time, is on the far right, while his wife Hwang Mee-sook sits on the far left. [BLUE HOUSE]

PPP pushes for probe into former first lady's trip to India

A lawmaker from the People Power Party (PPP) submitted a bill on Monday to establish a special counsel probe into suspicions that former first lady Kim Jung-sook used her position to join an official trip to India during her husband's presidency.

2024.6.4