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1.The South Korean won weakened past one-thousand-450 won against the U.S. dollar on Thursday, reaching its lowest point in 15 years. The local currency opened at one-thousand-453 won per dollar, following a U.S. rate cut made the previous day.
2.During an extraordinary Cabinet meeting on Thursday, Acting President Han Duck-soo vetoed six contentious bills, marking his first use of presidential power since assuming interim leadership after President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached and suspended from office over a failed martial law bid.
3.The National Intelligence Service briefed the parliamentary Intelligence Committee in a closed-door meeting Thursday morning and reportedly said at least 100 North Korean troops dispatched to Russia for combat in Ukraine were killed and 1,000 injured.
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1.The Supreme Prosecutors Office said Wednesday the prosecution has decided to transfer its martial law-related investigation into President Yoon Suk Yeol and former Interior Minister Lee Sang-min to the Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials, amid concerns that multiple agencies handling the same case could lead to overlap issues.
2.The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on Tuesday condemning human rights violations by North Korea and called for efforts to address the issue. The resolution was passed by consensus without a vote, making it the 20th of its kind since 2005.
3.According to Reuters and AFP, a U.S. military official said Tuesday that hundreds of North Korean troops have been killed or wounded in battle against Ukrainian forces in Russia’s Kursk region.
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1.President Yoon Suk Yeol’s legal defense team said Tuesday that Yoon will state his position in court if a public hearing is held in his impeachment trial, and that the president believes he is innocent of the crime of insurrection.
2.The ruling and main opposition parties remained at odds Tuesday over whether to fill in three vacancies of the nine-member Constitutional Court that will handle President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment trial.
3.South Korea on Tuesday said it will impose sanctions on North Korean military officers that have been deployed to Russia in support of its war against Ukraine. The announcement came after South Korea, the U.S., and EU condemned deepening military cooperation between North Korea and Russia.
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1.The National Assembly on Saturday passed an impeachment motion against President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived imposition of martial law on December 3rd, suspending his presidential powers as of 7:24 PM. The motion passed 204-85, with three abstentions and eight invalid ballots.
2.The Constitutional Court said it will hold its first meeting of its justices on Monday to review the parliamentary impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, and hold the first preparatory hearing on December 27th.
3.Acting President Han Duck-soo held phone talks with U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday and vowed to maintain and develop the two countries' alliance. Biden voiced confidence in South Korea's democracy while also noting its resilience, according to Han's office.
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1.The Ministry of Economy and Finance said Friday in its monthly economic report, the Green Book, that the South Korean economy faces "downside risks" due to uncertainties at home and abroad despite signs of stabilizing inflation.
2. A court decision on the formal arrest of Cho Ji-ho, the commissioner-general of the Korean National Police Agency, and Kim Bong-sik, the head of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, is expected to be made late on Friday. The two have been accused over their roles in President Yoon's martial law imposition.
3.The U.S. State Department released the 2023 Country Reports on Terrorism on Thursday, and has kept North Korea on its list of state sponsors of terrorism, noting the reclusive regime repeatedly supported acts of international terrorism.
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1.President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday defended his botched martial law declaration as an act of governance and denied insurrection charges facing him, while vowing to fight until the last moment against whether it is impeachment or a martial law probe.
2. Six opposition parties on Thursday submitted a second impeachment motion against President Yoon Suk Yeol over his botched martial law declaration last week, with a vote scheduled for December 14th.
3.The National Office of Investigation under the police agency said on Wednesday that it decided to conduct a joint investigation with the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials and the defense ministry for a prompt and efficient probe into the December 3rd Martial law incident.
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1.South Korean novelist Han Kang has made history as the first South Korean and first Asian woman to receive the Nobel Prize in literature. Han received a diploma and a Nobel medal on Tuesday at the Concert Hall in Stockholm, Sweden.
2.The Democratic Party said Wednesday they plan to submit a second impeachment bill against President Yoon Suk Yeol on December 12th, citing the delay to ongoing revelations of his alleged acts of insurrection. A vote on the second impeachment bill against Yoon will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday.
3.Police raided the presidential office Wednesday to investigate charges that President Yoon Suk Yeol staged an insurrection by briefly imposing martial law last week. A warrant for the search listed Yoon as the suspect.
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1.The Seoul Central District Court is set to convene a hearing to review whether to arrest former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun on charges of colluding with President Yoon Suk Yeol to commit insurrection. The result is expected to come out as early as late Tuesday.
2.The National Assembly on Tuesday passed a bill mandating a permanent special counsel to investigate treason charges against President Yoon Suk Yeol over his attempt to impose martial law.
3.The benchmark KOSPI rose 57-point-26 points on Tuesday to close at two-thousand-417-point-84. A bill to abolish the financial investment income tax also passed Tuesday's plenary session.
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1.A motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived attempt to impose martial law was scrapped Saturday due to a lack of quorum, raising uncertainties about South Korea’s political future.
2.Leader of the ruling People Power Party Han Dong-hoon vowed to work toward an "orderly retreat" of President Yoon Suk Yeol following a failed impeachment motion against him. National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik condemned a joint public statement made by Prime Minister Han Duck-soo and PPP leader Han Dong-hoon.
3.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index dipped 67-point-58 points, or two-point-78 percent, on Monday to close at two-thousand-360-point-58. The tech-heavy KOSDAQ shed five-point-19 percent to close at 627-point-01.
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1.Leader of the ruling People Power Party Han Dong-hoon said Friday that President Yoon Suk Yeol's duties should be promptly suspended, revealing that Yoon ordered the arrests of politicians during his aborted martial law declaration. Han added that the president might take drastic action again if he stays in office.
2.U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday welcomed the lifting of martial law in South Korea and expressed his expectation for the Asian country's "democratic process to prevail" during a call with South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul.
3.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index dipped 13-point-69 points, or zero-point-56 percent, on Friday to close at two-thousand-428-point-16.
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1.President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday accepted the resignation of Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, who had proposed the martial law declaration to Yoon. Yoon has nominated Choi Byung-hyuk, a retired four-star Army general currently serving as the ambassador to Saudi Arabia, to succeed Kim.
2.The Korean Central News Agency reported Thursday that the comprehensive strategic partnership treaty between North Korea and Russia went into effect on December 4th.
3.The Bank of Korea chief said Thursday that the current political climate surrounding President Yoon’s declaration of martial law is unlikely to affect South Korea’s sovereign ratings and growth momentum.
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1.South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Wednesday he would lift a martial law declaration he had imposed just six hours before, backing down after 190 lawmakers present in the National Assembly unanimously passed a motion to reject the decree.
2.The main opposition Democratic Party and five other minor opposition parties submitted a motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday after Yoon's declaration of martial law was blocked by lawmakers.
3.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index dipped 36-point-one points, or one-point-44 percent, on Wednesday to close at two-thousand-464-point-zero. The tech-heavy KOSDAQ lost 13-point-65 points, or one-point-98 percent, to close at 677-point-15.
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1.President Yoon Suk Yeol and Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov have agreed to elevate bilateral relations between the two countries and form a comprehensive partnership, after a summit at the presidential office on Tuesday.
2.According to data released by Statistics Korea on Tuesday, South Korea's consumer price index stood at 114-point-four last month, up one-point-five percent from a year earlier in November. Prices of agriculture, livestock and fisheries products went up 1 percent on-year last month.
3.After the U.S. Commerce Department on Monday announced restrictions on exports to China of advanced high-bandwidth memory chips used in artificial intelligence,...South Korea's trade ministry said Tuesday it expects the latest export controls to have little impact on the country's chip industry.
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1.National Assembly speaker Woo Won-shik on Monday decided to put an opposition-led downsized budget bill for next year on hold, urging the ruling and opposition parties to reach an agreement by next week.
2.The Korea Central News Agency reported Saturday that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met Russia’s visiting defense minister and expressed his support for Russia’s war in Ukraine.
3.According to local health authorities, at least 200 people were killed in Israeli airstrikes on northern Gaza Saturday, as the United Nations said it would pause aid deliveries through the enclave’s main crossing after more of its trucks were stolen.
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1.The European Union announced Thursday that it has given the final approval for a 1.8 trillion-won, or roughly 1-point-4 billion U.S. dollar, merger deal between Korean Air and Asiana Airlines.
2.The Korean Medical Association on Thursday urged members of the consultative body on the doctors’ walkout to withdraw from talks, after People Power Party leader Han Dong-hoon supported establishing new medical schools. A decision on their continued involvement is expected to be made today.
3.The defense ministry said Friday that South Korea has completed the development of a homegrown Long-range Surface-to-Air Missile system, in a feat that will help bolster the military's air defense capabilities against North Korea's nuclear and missile threats.
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1.The Korea Meteorological Administration said Thursday that 28-point-6 centimeters of snow blanketed Seoul as of 8 a.m. at the official weather observation point. This marks the third-heaviest figure from the same location in central Seoul.
2.The Bank of Korea‘s Monetary Policy Board held a meeting Thursday and cut its benchmark interest rate for the second consecutive session to three percent, representing a zero-point-25 percentage point cut, in a surprise move that defied market expectations.
3.Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul said Thursday the government will continue urging Japan to hold a "sincere" memorial ceremony starting next year for Korean victims of wartime forced labor at the UNESCO-listed Sado mine complex in Japan.
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1.The Korea Meteorological Administration said that more than 16 centimeters of snow blanketed Seoul on Wednesday, marking the biggest November snowfall since modern weather observations began in 1907.
2.An Ukrainian delegation led by Kyiv’s Defense Minister is expected to visit Seoul and meet with President Yoon Suk Yeol as early as Wednesday.
3.A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect at 4 a.m. local time in Lebanon on Wednesday, bringing an end to more than a year of cross-border strikes that has killed thousands. The deal stipulates a 60-day halt in hostilities.
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1.South Korea's foreign ministry said Tuesday that Seoul has expressed regret over Japan’s attitude during bilateral consultations ahead of a memorial event for the Korean and Japanese victims of wartime forced labor at Japan’s newly UNESCO World Heritage-listed Sado mines.
2.President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday vetoed a bill calling for a special counsel investigation into corruption allegations involving first lady Kim Keon Hee, the third time he has rejected the opposition-led bill.
3.The Israeli cabinet will meet on Tuesday to discuss approval of a ceasefire to temporarily end hostilities with the Lebanese militia Hezbollah.
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1.The South Korean government on Monday held its own ceremony in Japan to honor Korean forced labor victims of Japan’s Sado mines during World War II, after boycotting a memorial event that Japan hosted the previous day over Tokyo’s apparent insincerity in delivering its pledge to remember the victims.
2.Main opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung was acquitted Monday of charges of suborning a formal mayoral secretary to make a false court testimony in his favor.
3.An Ukrainian media outlet reported Sunday that about 500 North Korean troops were killed in a missile strike by Kyiv in Russia’s western Kursk region.
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1.The emergency committee of the Korean Medical Association on Friday called on the government to suspend the recruitment of medical school freshmen for the 2025 academic year.
2.According to the North Korea's state media said Friday, Kim Jong-un has said that his country went to every length in negotiations with the United States, but it only confirmed Washington's unwavering hostile policy toward Pyongyang.
3.The International Criminal Court on Thursday issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and a senior Hamas official, accusing them of war crimes during and after the October 7 attacks on Israel last year.
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