by WorldTribune Staff, March 13, 2025 Real World News The “Donald Trump of Asia” could use some help from the Donald Trump, an analysis said. Since he was elected in May of 2022, South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol has been under constant attack from leftist opposition Democratic Party (DP), which “has done everything possible to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 23, 2025 Real World News How effectively is South Korea handling negotiations with President Donald Trump who is set to impose punishing tariffs on the East Asian economic powerhouse? Not so much. The nation’s popular conservative President Yoon Suk-Yeol has been impeached, sidelined and is in detention. The acting president Choi Sang-Mok reportedly […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 19, 2025 Real World News The relentless effort of the leftists who lead South Korea’s Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) to impeach and arrest President Yoon Suk-Yeol has spawned a massive conservative movement in his defense. That movement has overtones of U.S President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement, with activists showing up […]
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, January 2, 2025 Real World News Since leftists in the Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) wrangled an arrest warrant from a court in Seoul for President Yoon Suk-Yeol on Dec. 31, Yoon’s supporters have been present 24 hours a day packing the sidewalks across from the presidential residence in an all-out effort […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 30, 2024 Real World News Armed with a super-majority in South Korea’s parliament, the leftist Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) sought to quickly impeach conservative President Yoon Suk-Yeol following his declaration of martial law on Dec. 3. Two impeachment votes were quickly held in the National Assembly. The second vote, on […]
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 12, 2024 Real World News In a Dec. 12 address to the nation, embattled South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol explained why he declared martial law, why it was a lawful declaration, and what forces he is fighting against. Stating emphatically that he will “fight to the end,” Yoon describes the anti-state […]
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 […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 8, 2024 Ahead of South Korea’s general election on April 10, problems with computerized tabulation machines are already being reported. On April 5, early voting began and “within hours there were numerous complaints of the National Election Commission (NEC) reporting inflated numbers of votes cast at various early voting centers relative […]
