Yoon Suk-yeol

A South Korean court sentenced former president Yoon Suk-yeol to 18 months in prison, suspended for three years, for violating election law by making false statements during his 2022 presidential campaign. His People Power Party may have to return 39.7 billion won in election expenses reimbursed by the National Election Commission.

South Korea's far right is gaining support with backing from MAGA and wealthy donors like Chung Yong-jin. A failed self-coup attempt by President Yoon Suk-yeol occurred two years ago, but social factors and donor support are now fueling the rise of far-right movements.

A South Korean court sentenced former president Yoon Suk-yeol to two years in prison for illegally receiving opinion polling services worth 270 million won from a political broker. The court found him guilty of violating political funding laws by obtaining 14 rounds of free polling and later exercising influence over a former lawmaker's nomination to repay the broker.

South Korea's proposed Online Platform Fairness Act could lead to a $525 billion economic loss for U.S. states over the next decade, with significant impacts on California, Texas, New York, and Washington. The law, supported by President Lee Jae-myung and the Korea Fair Trade Commission, faces criticism from U.S. officials who argue it unfairly targets American companies and aligns South Korea with China.

A former South Korean justice minister was sentenced to 25 years in prison for his role in an ex-president's 2024 martial law declaration. The court found him guilty of insurrection, as the martial law lasted about six hours before being rejected by lawmakers.

South Korea’s ex-president Yoon Suk-yeol was sentenced to 30 years in prison for sending drones into North Korea, a move prosecutors claimed was intended to create a pretext for his 2024 martial law declaration. He had previously been sentenced to life in jail in February for leading an insurrection to 'paralyse' South Korea’s...