by WorldTribune Staff, January 12, 2025 Real World News South Korea President Yoon Suk-Yeol’s approval rating, and that of the conservative People Power Party (PPP) he leads, has surged in the weeks since he declared martial law on Dec. 3. A public opinion poll conducted by the Public Opinion Survey Fair on Jan. 7-9 shows […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 17, 2024 Real World News Trial proceedings for the impeachment of South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol have begun in the nation’s constitutional court. The conservative Yoon was impeached on Saturday by leftists leading the opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK). The DPK-dominated National Assembly voted to impeach Yoon after he declared […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 6, 2024 Real World News South Korea’s National Assembly’s main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) failed in its effort to impeach conservative President Yoon Suk-Yeol on Saturday, but Yoon’s People Power Party (PPP) reportedly said he has agreed to an early departure from office. Yoon on Tuesday had declared martial […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, December 3, 2024 Real World News International and U.S. media have failed to report the context of the political crisis in South Korea which led conservative President Yoon Suk-Yeol to declare emergency martial law on Tuesday evening. That background includes not only the longstanding influence of pro-North Korean organizations in the […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, April 10, 2024 While South Korea’s conservative President Yoon Suk-Yeol was intent on a secure election in Wednesday’s parliamentary vote to buttress his policies, his leftist opposition was eyeing enough seats “to give them the power to not only pass any laws they want, but also to change the constitution, override […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 8, 2022 South Korea’s National Election Commission (NEC) reportedly mishandled ballots of Covid patients during early voting in the presidential election. Some of the early voters were given ballots already filled in for ruling Democrats’ party candidate Lee Jae-Myung, reports said. Lee and Yoon Suk-Yeol of the conservative main opposition People […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 14, 2022 South Koreans are calling for investigations into the deaths of three key witnesses in corruption and bribery cases linked to presidential candidate Lee Jae-Myung, a report said. Most recently, whistleblower, Lee Byung-Chul was found dead at a motel in Seoul on Jan. 11, after his chilling public posts, East […]
FPI / November 10, 2021 Geostrategy-Direct The presidential candidate from [U.S. ally] South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party of Korea (Deobureo Minjoo Party) is steeped in pro-China, pro-North Korea, and anti-United States political stances, an analyst said. Lee Jae-Myung, who was the governor of Gyeonggi Province (which surrounds Seoul) until late October of this year, is […]
