Written by For the fourth time this month, South Korea’s parliament has become the arena for a rancorous battle for the country’s political future. Safeguarding the hard-won rights and freedoms South Koreans have enjoyed for almost four decades is a lofty aim – and supported by the vast majority of voters – but the scenes inside the […]
NewsFeed South Korean lawmakers have voted to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo, after accusing him of being complicit in an attempted insurrection by suspended President Yoon Suk-yeol. Ahead of the vote, ruling party MPs protested in parliament. Published On 27 Dec 202427 Dec 2024 Source link
Main opposition Democratic Party’s bid to suspend acting leader Han Duck-soo plunges country into further uncertainty. South Korea’s legislature is set to vote on the impeachment of its acting president as ongoing turmoil in Asia’s fourth-largest economy sent the won plunging to levels not seen since the 2007-2009 global financial crisis. The main opposition Democratic […]
JAL says it has suspended ticket sales for all services on Thursday following incident. Japan Airlines (JAL) has reported being hit with a cyber attack, causing delays to some flights. The airline has been experiencing “malfunctions in systems communicating with external systems” since shortly before 7:30am local time (23:30 GMT, Wednesday), JAL said on Thursday. JAL […]
A passenger plane with 67 people on board crashed near the city of Aktau in western Kazakhstan, Kazakh authorities said Wednesday, adding that 25 survivors were being treated in hospital. Source link
India and China took another step towards healthy and stable relations last week as India’s national security adviser Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held border talks in Beijing. It was the 23rd meeting between the countries’ special representatives under the established mechanism for border discussions – and the first to be held […]
The year 2024 saw the global economy stabilise following the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, even as growth in many countries lagged pre-2020 levels. Amid a patchy recovery, more than 2 billion people were eligible to vote this year, and economic issues, particularly rising living costs, were a top concern for voters around the world. […]
The 102 refugees, including 25 children, were taken to Sri Lanka’s eastern port of Trincomalee. More than 100 Rohingya refugees from war-torn Myanmar have been rescued while adrift on a fishing trawler off the Indian Ocean island nation by Sri Lanka’s navy, bringing them safely to port. The 102 people, including 25 children, were taken […]
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says one-third of the population affected by 7.3-magnitude quake. Rescuers in Vanuatu are racing to locate survivors from a powerful earthquake that has killed at least 14 people in the Pacific Island nation. The 7.3-magnitude earthquake that struck the capital Port Vila on Tuesday reduced buildings to […]
Here are the key developments on the 1,027th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Here is the situation on Tuesday, December 17: Fighting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a post on X that “initial reports suggest that Russia is trying to conceal the losses of North Korean personnel,” after Ukraine’s military intelligence said […]