Yoon, South Korea and Impeachment Trial Winds

Chinese influence in South Korea a focus in Yoon impeachment hearings, analysts say
Chinese Ambassador to Seoul Dai Bing on Feb. 10 denied widespread accusations among Yoon's supporters that Beijing interfered in South Korean politics and elections. He wrote on X that Beijing "has all along upheld the principle of noninterference in other countries' internal affairs."
South Korea's Parliament Presses for Yoon's Removal as Impeachment Trial Winds Down
Judges of the Constitutional Court attend the impeachment trial of South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol at the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, February 18, 2025. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/Pool SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol could try to impose martial law again or undermine constitutional institutions should he be reinstated,
Top South Korean judge faces disinformation deluge as Yoon impeachment looms
Bogus child pornography claims, fabricated support for communism and fake posts showing Elon Musk calling for his removal -- a deluge of disinformation is targeting a top judge in suspended South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment trial.
Hearing of Yoon's impeachment trial
Hearing of Yoon's impeachment trial Moon Hyung-bae, acting chief justice of the Constitutional Court, is seated at the court in Seoul on Feb. 18, 2025, during the ninth hearing of President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment trial over his short-lived imposition of martial law in December.

New DeepSeek downloads suspended in South Korea

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