The country is battling to draw a line under months of political turmoil sparked by Yoon Suk Yeol’s brief suspension of civilian rule in December, for which he was impeached and removed from office

South Korea's left-wing presidential frontrunner Lee Jae-myung on Friday proposed amending the constitution to make it more difficult to impose martial law, aiming to prevent political crises like the one that erupted last year.

Yet his remarks may not have removed concerns among the American brass that the leftist candidate for president will want to loosen the tight bond

South Korea’s central bank has cut its key interest rate and sharply lowered its growth outlook for the country’s economy in 2025.

The impeached ex-president said he was leaving the conservative party to ‘fulfil my responsibility to protect the free Republic of Korea’.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol announced his departure from the People Power Party (PPP). “Though I depart from the party, I will continue to serve the cause of defending freedom and national sovereignty,” Yoon wrote on Friday, May 17, 2025, in a Facebook post quoted by Cosun, Sunday, May 18, 2025.

Speculation is rife in a section of the international public spectrum that the recent ouster of Yoon Suk Yeol from the presidency of South Korea might come to sour ties between Seoul and Tokyo. It is being surmised that in the presidential poll,