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PPP support rises as partisan gap reverts to pre-martial law state, Gallup poll finds

Support for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol's People Power Party (PPP) has risen to 39 percent, according to the results of a recent survey released by Gallup Korea on Friday.

2025-01-17

DP chief appears at hearing in trial on corruption charges during Seongnam mayorship

Liberal Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung attended a hearing in a trial on corruption charges pertaining to his time as mayor of Seongnam, Gyeonggi.

2025-01-17

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.

2025-01-15

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.

2025-01-13

Rival parties spar over DP proposal to punish fake news on KakaoTalk

A proposal by a Democratic Party lawmaker to criminalize the dissemination of fake news on KakaoTalk has jumpstarted a heated debate about censorship and freedom of speech, with the People Power Party denouncing the move.

2025-01-12

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.

2025-01-09

Rival parties leverage foreign remarks, narratives in Yoon impeachment battle

Rival parties have weaponized remarks by foreign officials and even rumors of foreign involvement in street protests in their ongoing battle over President Yoon Suk Yeol's failed martial law declaration and subsequent impeachment.

2025-01-09

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.

2025-01-08

Court hands former DP leader Song Young-gil two-year prison sentence

The Seoul Central District Court handed former Democratic Party (DP) leader Song Young-gil a two-year prison sentence on Wednesday after finding him guilty of soliciting illegal political funds.

2025-01-08

Rival parties battle over withdrawal of insurrection charge in Yoon impeachment trial

Rival parties traded heated accusations on Tuesday over the parliamentary impeachment investigation committee's recent request to the Constitutional Court to not consider the charge of insurrection during President Yoon Suk Yeol's upcoming trial.

2025-01-07