On Monday, the defence ministry said Yoon was still commander in chief, but his grip on power had weakened. He has refused calls, including from his own ruling party, to resign.
Yoon Suk Yeol says he won't seek to avoid legal, political responsibility for his decision to declare martial law for 1st time in South Korea since 1980, says it was an act of desperation.
In episode 1567, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at the country's encounters with military coups and presidential prosecutions, outlining Yoon's rise and the proceedings he faces now.
A coalition of lawmakers from the Opposition plan to impeach Yoon on Wednesday, 72 hours after he attempted to ban political activity & censor media triggering a political crisis.
Shortly after Yoon made his announcement on live TV, people began gathering outside the parliament building, some of them shouting: 'Withdraw emergency martial law!'
Yoon, not specifying North Korean threats, said he had to act to protect constitutional order, accusing opposition parties of hijacking parliament & plunging the country into crisis.
South Korean city Busan faces competition from Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh, Italy’s Rome and Ukraine’s Odesa. The host for the 2030 expo is expected to be decided in November.
South Korea, one of the countries to develop its own foundation in artificial intelligence, is awaiting a parliament approval on its new AI regulation bill.
Yeol met US president Joe Biden earlier this year to seek assistance on nuclear planning in the event of potential conflict with nuclear-armed North Korea.
Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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