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On December 3, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol declared martial law, creating instability in domestic and international markets. Two days later, Vice Prime Minister Choe Sang-mok sought to reassure investors, stating that the economic impact of the political turmoil was minimal and that concerns about a recession were overstated. The evaluation by South Korea’s top […]
Protesters in Seoul, South Korea, carry customised K-pop style light sticks. (AP pic) SEOUL: While South Korean protesters have long employed songs, dances and chants, customised light sticks popular with K-pop fans have emerged as an effective new tool for demonstrators calling for the impeachment of President Yoon Suk-yeol. Tens of thousands of protesters have […]
In a dramatic turn of events last week, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol imposed and withdrew martial law, all within a span of six hours. Yoon’s unprecedented move – the first time martial law has been imposed since 1979 – has been widely condemned as an abuse of presidential power and a gamble to fight […]
See this visualization first on the Voronoi app. China’s Rise to Manufacturing Dominance (2000-2030P) This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. China and manufacturing dominance together are words easily believed, but this wasn’t always […]
တောင်ကိုရီးယား သမ္မတ Yoon Suk Yeol ကို နိုင်ငံခြား ခရီးသွားလာခွင့် ပိတ်လိုက်ကြောင်း တရားရေး ဝန်ကြီးဌာန တာဝန်ရှိသူတဦးက တနင်္လာနေ့က ပြောပါတယ်။ တရားရေး ဌာန အရာရှိ Bae Sang-up က လွှတ်တော်ကော်မတီ ကို အခုလိုပြောလိုက်တာပါ။ Source link
The South Korean government ordered an overseas travel ban on President Yoon Suk Yeol. The South Korean news agency Yonhap reported on Monday that the travel ban is due to the ongoing investigation into Yoon, which involves suspicion of high treason. Yoon unexpectedly imposed martial law on his country last Tuesday night, but hours later, after […]
Ant Group, China’s biggest operator of mobile payment systems, is promoting its finance chief Cyril Han Xinyi to the CEO post from next year to freshen its top management and drive the next phase of growth after more than 20 years in business. Han, the group’s current president and chief financial officer, will take over […]
On December 7, South Korea’s ruling People Power Party (PPP) succeeded in preventing South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol from being impeached over his short-lived declaration of martial law. Just 195 out of the 300 lawmakers cast their ballots, meaning the votes could not even be counted due to the lack of a quorum. At least […]
Bitcoin burst past $100,000 for the first time Thursday (Mladen ANTONOV) Bitcoin burst past $100,000 for the first time Thursday as traders welcomed Donald Trump’s pick to head the US securities commission, while Seoul stocks slipped as South Korea’s president faced impeachment after his brief imposition of martial law this week. After hovering around the […]
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the likely ouster of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, a no-confidence vote against French Prime Minister Michel Barnier, and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump butting heads with NATO over how to approach Russia-Ukraine peace talks. ‘Grave Act of Rebellion’ Six South Korean opposition parties submitted a motion […]