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South Korea, Yoon

Reuters on MSN · 2h

Detained South Korea's Yoon will not attend questioning, lawyer says

South Korea's arrested President Yoon Suk Yeol does not intend to take part in a second day of questioning on Thursday, his lawyer said, further stonewalling a criminal probe into whether he committed insurrection with his martial law bid.

The Associated Press on MSN · 23h

South Korea’s impeached President Yoon detained in massive law-enforcement effort

Yoon was brought into custody about three hours after hundreds of law enforcement officers entered the residential compound in their second attempt to detain him.

Time on MSN · 23h

South Korea Finally Arrests Impeached President Yoon Suk-Yeol for Insurrection

Yoon’s detention, after a tense standoff outside the presidential residence, marks the latest chapter in a bewildering series of events since his martial law decree.

Bank of Korea Surprises by Holding Rates Steady

Reuters on MSN · 1h

Bank of Korea unexpectedly holds policy rate amid won slide

South Korea's central bank unexpectedly left its policy interest rate unchanged on Thursday, weighing the impact of its back-to-back cuts last year while supporting the won which weakened to a 15-year low versus the U.

Hosted on MSN · 3h

Bank of Korea leaves rates unchanged at 3% in a surprise move

South Korea's central bank Thursday held its benchmark policy rate at 3% in a surprise move, having delivered two back-to-back cuts in its previous meetings amid a slowing economy. Economists polled by Reuters had estimated a 25-basis-point cut.

Wall Street Journal · 4h

Bank of Korea Surprises by Holding Rates Steady as Uncertainty Lingers

South Korea’s central bank kept its benchmark seven-day repurchase rate unchanged at 3.00% on Thursday, following a back-to-back rate cut in November.

North Korea, Pete Hegseth and Nuclear Power

Newsweek on MSN · 12h

US Ally Reacts as Pete Hegseth Declares North Korea a 'Nuclear Power'

John Kirby, White House national security communications adviser, said of Hegseth's remarks on North Korea's status as a nuclear power: "We've not made such a recognition. I can't speak to what the incoming team will—how they'll characterize it. We've not gone so far as to make that recognition."

USA TODAY on MSN · 6h

South Korea slams Hegseth over North Korea 'nuclear power' comments

Trump defense secretary nominee Pete Hesgeth ruffled feathers in S. Korea with his written statement to the Senate panel overseeing his confirmation

Korea Joongang Daily on MSN · 20h

South Korea says North not a 'nuclear power' following Hegseth's confirmation hearing remarks

Seoul stressed Wednesday that Pyongyang cannot hold nuclear state status, rejecting U.S. defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth's reference to the North as a "nuclear power."

North Korea launches missiles

Newsweek on MSN · 13h

US Stages Allied Bomber Drills After North Korea Fires Missiles

The United States and its Northeast Asian allies on Wednesday conducted an aerial drill involving two American bombers after North Korea fired a hypersonic missile last week. Newsweek has contacted North Korea's embassy in Beijing,

North Korea fires short-range missiles ahead of Trump return

North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Tuesday, South Korea's military said, marking Pyongyang's latest show of force just days ahead of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's return to office.

ABC News on MSN · 1d

North Korea tests 'several' missiles, South Korean military says

North Korea launched "several short-range ballistic missiles," that landed in the Sea of Japan Tuesday morning local time, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

15h

S Korea impeached president arrested after investigators scale walls

Yoon Suk Yeol has become South Korea's first sitting president to be arrested after investigators scaled barricades and cut ...

The Economist19h

The arrest of South Korea’s president will not end its crisis

T HE PRESIDENCY of South Korea can be a treacherous job. Past office-holders have been impeached and even assassinated. But ...

13h

Rubio Aims to Take on the Axis of Anger: China, Russia, North Korea and Iran

The loose arrangement of hostile powers could pose a series of conundrums for President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for ...

Yonhap News English on MSN1d

S. Korea says N. Korea can never be recognized as nuclear power after Trump nominee refers to Pyongyang as one

North Korea cannot be recognized as a nuclear-armed state under the international nonproliferation treaty, and its ...

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