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Amidst cheers and jubilation from crowds of protesters outside South Korea’s parliament, President Yoon Suk Yeol made a dramatic late-night announcement on national TV, imposing martial law to safeguard against perceived threats from North Korea and eliminate anti-state elements. The unexpected order led to turmoil in Seoul, prompting thousands of protesters to gather at the National Assembly, with some lawmakers ...

The South Korean Government is set to donate 50,000 doses of the monkey pox vaccines to the African Union. This will be Africa’s first weapon against the outbreak ever since it began. In July, the U.N. health agency designated monkeypox as a global emergency and appealed to the world to support African countries. Further, they did this to avoid repeating ...

The South Korean government together with a United Nations agency, UNESCO have donated online learning  equipment to eight TVET institutions. The equipment will help facilitate these institutions in the activation of online teaching. The learning equipment donated include computers, projectors, and whiteboards. They will go towards Bobi Community Polytechnic, Kaberamaido Technical College and Bukalasa Agricultural College. Other institutions to benefit ...

Prosecutors in South Korea have seized the house of former president Park Guen-Hye. They will auction it off due to her failure to pay a $19 million penalty for corruption.In 2017, after anti-corruption protests centred on allegations that she let a shadowy confidante meddle in state affairs, she faced impeachment. The state subsequently jailed her for 20 years for bribery ...

South Korea said on Thursday the North Korean troops shot and killed their government official who attempted to defect. The troops set the body on fire and placed it on a floating object near the North Korean disputed sea boundary. North Korea has a shoot-to-kill policy in place to prevent Covid-19 from entering the country. The  North Korean patrol boat ...