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Lee Jae-myung of South Korea's liberal Democratic Party was elected president on June 4.
President Yoon Suk-yeol was removed from office on April 4 after the country's Constitutional Court, in a unanimous decision, upheld a parliamentary vote to impeach him over the Dec 3 martial law decree.
SEOUL -- South Korea's court issued a warrant to detain former president Yoon Suk-yeol, sought by special counsel investigating Yoon's short-lived martial law imposition, the special counsel team's spokesperson said early Thursday.
The Seoul Central District Court accepted the issuance request from Cho Eun-suk, independent counsel leading the investigation into Yoon's insurrection and other charges, saying Yoon was feared to destroy evidence.
The new president of the Republic of Korea Lee Jae-myung stressed national unity and economic revitalization in his inauguration speech on Wednesday, aiming to put the nation back on track after months of chaos and uncertainty following his predecessor's ouster over a martial law attempt.
SEOUL -- Lee Jae-myung was sworn in as South Korea's new president on Wednesday after formally beginning his single five-year term earlier in the day.
More than 35 million South Korean voters cast their ballots on Tuesday to elect a new President with liberal candidate Lee Jae-myung emerging as the most likely winner in exit polls.
SEOUL -- Lee Jae-myung, presidential candidate of South Korea's majority liberal Democratic Party, would be elected the country's new president with certainty, local broadcaster JTBC and three terrestrial broadcasters said Tuesday.
Lee made a short speech to supporters near his house before heading for the National Assembly building in central Seoul, saying that he paid respect to "people's great decision."
SEOUL -- Lee Jae-myung of South Korea's liberal Democratic Party took a lead in estimates of the snap presidential election by local broadcasters on Tuesday.
SEOUL -- Lee Jae-myung, presidential candidate of South Korea's liberal Democratic Party, held a big lead of more than 10 percentage points over his archrival for the upcoming presidential election on June 3, a Flower Research survey showed Wednesday.
Lee won the support of 48.8 percent, leading Kim Moon-soo, presidential candidate of the conservative People Power Party, who garnered 37.7 percent.
SEOUL - South Korea's police banned former prime minister Han Duck-soo, and Choi Sang-mok, former deputy prime minister for economic affairs, for alleged insurrection charges, multiple media outlets said on Tuesday.
Han and Choi have been under investigation as suspects of insurrection and prevented from leaving the country in the middle of this month.
SEOUL — South Korean presidential front-runner Lee Jae-myung said on Sunday the deadline to reach a deal with the US on trade tariffs needs to be reconsidered to find a mutually beneficial agreement between the two countries.
The first hearing in the retrial of the South Korean presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung for allegedly violating election laws has been moved to June 18, after the presidential election, a court said on Wednesday.
