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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

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

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

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

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.

2024-09-19

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.

2024-09-11

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.

2024-08-08

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.

2024-06-04

National Assembly fails to overturn veto of bill to probe Marine's death

A bill mandating a special counsel probe into the death of a Marine last summer failed on Tuesday to muster enough support from the National Assembly to override President Yoon Suk Yeol's veto.

2024-05-28