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@Reuters Korea Bureau Chief covering South & North Korea • Previously in Afghanistan • MA @warstudies • [email protected] • DM for Signal • Personal account
Seoul, Republic of Korea
Joined January 2010
RT @leloveluck: Israel's military campaign in Gaza has killed 60,000 people. 18,500 were children. Here are their names. .
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Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one per hour since the war began.
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RT @Reuters: The South Korean ministers tasked with negotiating a last-ditch trade deal with US President Donald Trump said that to prepare….
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BREAKING: Liberal Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae-myung projected to win today's presidential election called after Yoon Suk Yeol ousted over martial law.
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RT @hyunsuinseoul: We spoke to PLAVE, a virtual idol group breaking records in the K-pop industry, about their journey. With human artists….
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The five members of one of K-pop's trendiest groups PLAVE have appeared on TV, held concerts, and one of their songs has even secured a place in the prestigious Billboard Global 200, an international...
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RT @JoongAngDaily: A government audit on Thursday found that the 2023 World Scout Jamboree in Saemangeum, North Jeolla, which ended in chao….
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BREAKING: South Korea's Constitutional Court rules to remove impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after martial law attempt.
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What happens next? An explainer on South Korea's constitutional court, which will decide whether to remove President Yoon Suk Yeol from office
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The court must decide within 180 days whether to remove him from office permanently.
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South Korean President Yoon has been impeached over his decision to impose martial law last week. He will lose authority but stay in office while the Constitutional Court hears the case. PM Han Duck-soo, who is also under criminal investigation, will be acting president.
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His impeachment is unlikely to end South Korea's political turmoil.
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RT @hyunsuinseoul: In their first post from the new Instagram account, NewJeans becomes the latest K-pop idols to support demonstrators at….
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Since the last vote, at least 7 of Yoon's party have said they would vote for impeachment this time. 8 votes from his party are needed to reach the two-thirds threshold.
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South Korea's parliament is about to vote for the second time on a motion to impeach president Yoon Suk Yeol over last week's short-lived martial law decree. Yoon's party boycotted the first vote but says they will participate this time, though still oppose impeachment.
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RT @edwardwhitenz: Latest from the @FT in Seoul (1/3): .South Korea’s export-oriented economy is in greater jeopardy from Donald Trump’s tr….
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.@USForcesKorea commander to US troops after martial law attempt in South Korea: "I ask all individuals affiliated with the Department of Defense mission to give time and space to our host country & its citizens, as they work to resolve their differences."
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U.S. Army Gen. Paul J. LaCamera provides guidance to the force in the Korean Theater of Operation.
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RT @Reuters: 🔊 'Now it appears that Yoon will be fighting for his political life.' Listen to @joshjonsmith on the Reuters World News podcas….
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How South Korea's president botched a bid to impose martial law
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At his confirmation hearing three months ago, South Korea's defence minister Kim Yong-hyun rejected accusations from the opposition that he wanted to impose martial law. It was, the conservative...
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