Two former aides to South Korea`s President Park quizzed over scandal
South Korean prosecutors on Monday questioned two former key presidential aides over allegations they helped a shadowy confidant of President Park Geun-Hye meddle in state affairs and secretly visit her office.
Nov 14, 2016, 12:26 PM ISTHundreds of thousands rally in Seoul to demand Park's ouster
Police said about 260,000 people turned out for the latest mass rally against Park.
Nov 12, 2016, 18:15 PM ISTNorth Korea urges shift from US, Seoul says it has Donald Trump's support
North Korea on Thursday warned the incoming Donald Trump administration will have to acknowledge it as a nuclear state, as the South said the maverick billionaire had pledged to protect it.
Nov 10, 2016, 16:20 PM ISTSouth Korean president may be investigated, says PM nominee
The prime minister-designate of South Korea on Thursday said that President Park Geun-Hye may be investigated for an alleged corruption and influence peddling scandal involving a close ally of the head of state.
Nov 03, 2016, 19:17 PM ISTSouth Korean president risks probe, new PM nominee warns
A snowballing political scandal moved closer to embattled South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on Thursday, with her newly nominated prime minister warning she could face a probe, hours after prosecutors detained a former presidential aide.
Nov 03, 2016, 13:24 PM ISTSouth Korea names new PM, finance minister amid scandal, angering opposition
South Korea`s presidential office on Wednesday named a new prime minister and finance minister, the highest-level shake-up yet since President Park Geun-hye`s administration was rocked by a scandal involving a friend accused of meddling in state affairs.
Nov 02, 2016, 08:47 AM ISTScandal-rocked South Korean president Park Geun-Hye replaces PM, aims at setting up cross-party ‘neutral’ cabinet
The new premier was named as Kim Byong-Joon, a former top aide to the late liberal president Roh Moo-Hyun.
Nov 02, 2016, 06:59 AM ISTProsecutors detain woman at core of South Korea political crisis
The woman at the centre of the snowballing political scandal engulfing President Park Geun-Hye has been put under emergency detention after prosecutors said she was "unstable" and a flight risk.
Nov 01, 2016, 09:20 AM ISTSouth Korea begins probing corruption scandal involving president
South Korea`s prosecutors announced Wednesday they have begun investigating a corruption scandal and leaking of documents involving President Park Geun-hye.
Oct 26, 2016, 14:15 PM ISTNorth Korea conducts another failed missile launch on Thursday
North Korea on Thursday conducted what appeared to be a failed test -- its second in a week -- of a powerful medium-range missile that experts warn could be deployed as early as next year.
Oct 20, 2016, 18:26 PM ISTUN envoy urges probe into death of South Korean protestor
A UN rights envoy has called for an independent investigation into the death of a South Korean protester, shot by police water cannon during an anti-government rally last year.
Sep 29, 2016, 10:18 AM ISTNorth Korea`s nuclear test act of `self-destruction`: South Korean President Park Geun-Hye
The impoverished but nuclear-armed North staged its fifth nuclear test Friday morning.
Sep 09, 2016, 09:35 AM ISTVladimir Putin calls to lower Korea tensions
North Korea in August test-fired a submarine-launched missile towards Japan, marking what weapons analysts called a clear step forward for its nuclear strike ambitions.
North Korea calls South Korea`s leader `psychopath` over missile row
North Korea on Wednesday labelled South Korean President Park Geun-Hye a "psychopath" after she made a speech slamming Pyongyang`s nuclear ambitions and defending the deployment of a US anti-missile system.
Aug 17, 2016, 13:11 PM ISTSouth Korea MPs defy President with China visit
ark had urged the MPs to scrap their trip, arguing that it would boost China's opposition to the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system and deepen divisions in South Korea over the issue.
Aug 08, 2016, 10:52 AM ISTSouth Korea`s Park gets personal in US missile system row
The defence ministry announced last month that the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence system, or THAAD, will be installed in Seongju.
Aug 02, 2016, 13:42 PM ISTSouth Korea's Park calls for unity over THAAD deployment
Tension on the Korean peninsula has been high since North Korea conducted nuclear test in January and followed that with a satellite launch and a string of test launches of various missiles.
Jul 21, 2016, 13:52 PM ISTNorth Korea threatens "physical response" against U.S. THAAD system deployment
North Korea's military said on Monday it will make a "physical response" to moves by the United States and South Korea to deploy the advanced THAAD missile defence system on the Korean peninsula.
Jul 11, 2016, 14:12 PM ISTSouth Korea`s Park urges `bone-crushing` reform on shipbuilders
The South`s mighty shipbuilders including Hyundai Heavy Industries and Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering have dominated the global market for past decades.
Jun 13, 2016, 10:30 AM ISTUganda switches sides, dumping North Korea for South
Uganda has been one of North Korea`s allies in Africa with diplomatic relations since 1963.
May 30, 2016, 13:20 PM IST