Acting President Choi Sang-mok faces not only the task of steering a shaky economy and rebuilding confidence among global allies but simply staying in his job amid the worst political crisis in decades.
Polarization in South Korea, has helped a political leader rally enough support to potentially thwart accountability.
Meanwhile, criminal investigators looking into Yoon's alleged insurrection are said to be "mulling their next move", according to Bloomberg. Yoon remains "holed up at his hillside residence" following last week's six-hour stand-off between police and the Presidential Security Service, led by Park, said Reuters.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will accept the decision of the Constitutional Court that is trying parliament's impeachment case against him, even if it decides to remove the suspended leader from office,
South Korea was experiencing the coldest day of the winter so far Thursday with temperatures ranging from 14 degrees Fahrenheit down to minus 4 degrees.
For weeks, impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has remained in his compound and refused to respond to detention and search warrants.
South Korea's presidential security chief said Friday there must be no bloodshed if another arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol is executed by investigators over his failed martial law bid.
A detention warrant has been issued for impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol. But the head of the presidential security service says Yoon should not be detained. Park Jong-jun says executing the warrant could lead to violence or bloodshed.
Before it suffered the deadliest crash in South Korea's history, budget airline Jeju Air was moving fast: racking up record passenger numbers and flying its aircraft more than domestic rivals and many of its global peers,
The government has little to show for the hundreds of billions of dollars spent on pro-natal policies over nearly two decades.
President Yoon Suk Yeol’s security service stopped an effort to detain him on insurrection charges and has vowed to do so again. Its roots are in the era of military dictatorships.