Hope your workweek is off to a good start. You’re watching Press Perspective for this FIRST Monday of the new year January 6th here in Seoul. I’m Min Sunhee. Today our panel of foreign press members touch upon some of the latest developments on the local political front with regard to President Yoon Suk Yeol’s … Read more
In Seoul, it is expected to plummet to minus 6 degrees Celsius both tomorrow and Wednesday morning and to minus 12 degrees on Thursday. Cold wave advisories were issued as of 10 a.m. this morning in Gangwon-do Province and northeastern parts of Gyeonggi-do Province as temperatures are forecast to drop below minus 12 degrees in … Read more
This is the World Now, bringing you the latest stories from around the globe. We begin with the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. Hamas, the Palestinian armed faction, has appeared to express willingness to release hostages in line with Israel’s demands. According to Reuters, a Hamas official stated on Sunday, local time, that the group had “approved … Read more
South Korean ministries will work together to ensure a smooth transition into a new trade environment under the incoming Trump administration. Intentions to this end were shared by acting President Choi Sang-mok on this Monday at the first weekly Round-table on International Economic Affairs. Attended by the heads of the Finance Industry and Foreign Affairs … Read more
North Korea launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile toward the East Sea today. According to South Korea’s military the missile was fired from the Pyongyang area at around noon on this Monday and flew some 1-thousand 1-hundred kilometers. This latest launch marks the regime’s first for the new year and also comes two weeks before U.S. … Read more
And bitter bickering resumes at the parliament as lawmakers lock horns over the attempt to arrest the president and more. Our National Assembly Correspondent Lee Shi-hoo reports. On Monday, the National Assembly’s rival parties, which had refrained from political strife the previous week during the national mourning period, upped their levels of criticism against each … Read more
In less than seven hours an arrest warrant issued against the president comes to an end as protests both for and against his arrest persist near his official residence. For more I have Park Kun-woo standing by on site. I understand huge crowds are gathered there Kun-woo ? Good evening Sunny. I’m standing near the … Read more
Corruption investigators and police authorities have agreed to maintain their collaboration in the execution of an arrest warrant. against the president. The agreement follows an earlier attempt by the former to entrust the task solely to the police. Our correspondent Kim Do-yeon explains. After backing down from the first attempt to detain President Yoon Suk … Read more
And in response top diplomats of Seoul and Washington denounced Pyongyang’s latest display of defiance at a press conference here following bilateral talks. Our foreign affairs correspondent Bae Eun-ji has more. With just around two weeks left before his term ends, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has made his final visit to South Korea. … Read more
Moving to the Constitutional Court. The eight justices held their first meeting ahead of the launch of the impeachment trial of President Yoon Suk Yeol next Tuesday that is January 14th. Oh Soo-young reports. The Constitutional Court has reaffirmed its plans to swiftly conduct the impeachment trial hearings for President Yoon Suk Yeol, despite procedural … Read more
