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, Yoon sent hundreds of troops and police officers to the parliament to try to impede a vote on the decree. Parliament was able to go ahead with a unanimous vote to overturn it, while no major violence occured. <\/p>\n<p>Last week's impeachment motion alleged that Yoon had \u201ccommitted rebellion that hurts peace on the Republic of Korea by staging a series of riots.\u201d It said Yoon\u2019s mobilisation of military and police forces threatened the National Assembly and the public and that his martial law decree was aimed at disturbing the Constitution.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8888012,8909674,8891586\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//12//13//south-korean-president-yoon-faces-second-impeachment-vote-over-failed-martial-law/">South Korean President Yoon faces second impeachment vote over failed martial law<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//12//03//south-korean-president-declares-emergency-martial-law/">South Korean parliament votes to block president's martial law declaration<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//12//05//south-korean-president-risks-life-in-prison-or-death-penalty-if-guilty-of-treason/">South Korean president faces life in prison or death penalty if found guilty of treason<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Opposition parties and many experts have cited a law clause that categorises as rebellion the staging of a riot against established state authorities to undermine the constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Yoon rejected the accusations in a fiery speech on Thursday, referring to his martial law order as an act of governance and claiming it was an attempt to warn the mainl liberal opposition Democratic Party, which he called \"a monster\" and \"anti-state forces\" that had used its legislative power to impeach top officials and undermine the government's budget bill.<\/p>\n<p>He has in the mean time been been banned from leaving South Korea, as authorities investigate whether he and others involved in the martial law declaration committed rebellion, abuse of power and other crimes. If convicted, the president could face life imprisonment or even the death penalty.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea's defence minister, police chief and the head of Seoul\u2019s metropolitan police agency have all been arrested over their roles in the martial law case. Other senior military and government officials also face investigations.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1734162287,"updatedAt":1734186591,"publishedAt":1734166599,"firstPublishedAt":1734166599,"lastPublishedAt":1734186591,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":"https:\/\/newsroom.ap.org\/detail\/SouthKoreaMartialLaw\/240f53ea513c49899ca87c627f8a8461","sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Ahn Young-joon\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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CRISIS","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"South Korean President Yoon faces second impeachment vote over failed martial law","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"South Korean lawmakers set to hold second vote to impeach president","titleListing2":"South Korean lawmakers set to hold another vote to impeach President Yoon Suk-yeol","leadin":"If Yoon is impeached, his powers will be suspended until the Constitutional Court decides whether to remove him from office and if he is removed, an election to replace him must be held within 60 days.","summary":"If Yoon is impeached, his powers will be suspended until the Constitutional Court decides whether to remove him from office and if he is removed, an election to replace him must be held within 60 days.","keySentence":"","url":"south-korean-president-yoon-faces-second-impeachment-vote-over-failed-martial-law","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/12\/13\/south-korean-president-yoon-faces-second-impeachment-vote-over-failed-martial-law","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Lawmakers in South Korea will hold a second vote in parliament on Saturday to impeach President Yoon Suk-yeol, following his brief attempt to impose martial law, which sparked strong criticism and led to a political crisis.\n\nThe vote will require support from 200 of the National Assembly\u2019s 300 members to pass, and only then the matter will proceed to the Constitutional Court.\n\nDuring this time, Yoon, who is under criminal investigation for alleged treason and has been banned from leaving the country, will be placed on leave until the court delivers its verdict, according to local reports.\n\nRefusing to resign, the embattled president in a televised speech on Thursday declared that he would \"fight to the end\" and defend his decision to seize control of the country.\n\nAlthough Yoon's decision was rescinded just six hours after it was made public, calls for his resignation have grown in the opposition and even among his party, creating an unprecedented political crisis. \n\nHe has issued an apology over the martial law decree, saying he won\u2019t shirk legal or political responsibility for the declaration. \n\n\u201cThe declaration of this martial law was made out of my desperation. However, in the course of its implementation, it caused anxiety and inconveniences to the public. I feel very sorry over that and truly apologise to the people who must have been shocked a lot,\u201d Yoon said last week Saturday.\n\nAround 300 armed troops tried to surround parliament and raid the electoral commission after receiving Yoon's decree on 3 December, though things calmed six hours later when the National Assembly unanimously voted the martial law down, forcing Yoon to lift it.\n\nSouth Korean law only allows the president to declare martial law during wartime or similar emergencies.\n\nYoon has said he would leave it to his conservative People Power Party (PPP) to chart a course through the country\u2019s political turmoil, \u201cincluding matters related to my term in office,\u201d but some members of his party have opposed him and called his dramatic move \"unconstitutional.\"\n\nThe main opposition, the Democratic Party, and five other small opposition parties, which filed the motion, have 192 seats combined. But only three lawmakers from the PPP participated in the first impeachment vote, which was scrapped without ballot counting since the number of votes didn\u2019t reach 200.\n\nNational Assembly Speaker Woo Won Shik called the result \u201cvery regrettable\u201d and an embarrassing moment for the country\u2019s democracy. \n\nMost of the lawmakers from Yoon\u2019s governing People Power Party had boycotted that vote, despite party chair Han Dong-hun being a critic of Yoon.\n\nDuring a party meeting, Dong-hun called Yoon\u2019s statement on Thursday \u201ca confession of rebellion.\u201d \n\nYoon's power struggle with parliament\n\nIf Yoon is impeached this Saturday, his powers will be suspended until the Constitutional Court decides whether to remove him from office. If he is removed, an election to replace him must take place within 60 days.\n\nSince taking office in 2022, Yoon has struggled to push his agenda through an opposition-controlled parliament and grappled with low approval ratings amid scandals involving himself and his wife. \n\nIn his martial law announcement on 3 December, the South Korean leader called parliament a \u201cden of criminals\u201d bogging down state affairs and vowed to eliminate \u201cshameless North Korea followers and anti-state forces.\u201d\n\nThe declaration of martial law was the first of its kind in the country in more than 40 years. The turmoil has paralysed South Korean politics and sparked alarm among key diplomatic partners like the US and Japan.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Lawmakers in South Korea will hold a second vote in parliament on Saturday to impeach President Yoon Suk-yeol, following his brief attempt to impose martial law, which sparked strong criticism and led to a political crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The vote will require support from 200 of the National Assembly\u2019s 300 members to pass, and only then the matter will proceed to the Constitutional Court.<\/p>\n<p>During this time, Yoon, who is under criminal investigation for alleged treason and has been banned from leaving the country, will be placed on leave until the court delivers its verdict, according to local reports.<\/p>\n<p>Refusing to resign, the embattled president in a televised speech on Thursday declared that he would \"fight to the end\" and defend his decision to seize control of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Although Yoon's decision was rescinded just six hours after it was made public, calls for his resignation have grown in the opposition and even among his party, creating an unprecedented political crisis. <\/p>\n<p>He has issued an apology over the martial law decree, saying he won\u2019t shirk legal or political responsibility for the declaration. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe declaration of this martial law was made out of my desperation. However, in the course of its implementation, it caused anxiety and inconveniences to the public. I feel very sorry over that and truly apologise to the people who must have been shocked a lot,\u201d Yoon said last week Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Around 300 armed troops tried to surround parliament and raid the electoral commission after receiving Yoon's decree on 3 December, though things calmed six hours later when the National Assembly unanimously voted the martial law down, forcing Yoon to lift it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8906340,8888990\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//12//03//south-korea-lifts-martial-law-after-lawmakers-voted-against-it/">South Korea lifts martial law after lawmakers voted against it<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//12//12//south-korean-president-says-martial-law-was-an-act-of-governance-and-denies-rebellion-char/">South Korean president denies rebellion charges<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>South Korean law only allows the president to declare martial law during wartime or similar emergencies.<\/p>\n<p>Yoon has said he would leave it to his conservative People Power Party (PPP) to chart a course through the country\u2019s political turmoil, \u201cincluding matters related to my term in office,\u201d but some members of his party have opposed him and called his dramatic move \"unconstitutional.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//90//96//74//808x539_cmsv2_b326e3ec-266a-5e53-b612-43ef6932f873-8909674.jpg/" alt=\"caricature depicting an imprisoned South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol as they march to the presidential office after a rally demanding his impeachment in Seoul,\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/96\/74\/384x256_cmsv2_b326e3ec-266a-5e53-b612-43ef6932f873-8909674.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/96\/74\/640x427_cmsv2_b326e3ec-266a-5e53-b612-43ef6932f873-8909674.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/96\/74\/750x500_cmsv2_b326e3ec-266a-5e53-b612-43ef6932f873-8909674.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/96\/74\/828x552_cmsv2_b326e3ec-266a-5e53-b612-43ef6932f873-8909674.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/96\/74\/1080x720_cmsv2_b326e3ec-266a-5e53-b612-43ef6932f873-8909674.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/96\/74\/1200x800_cmsv2_b326e3ec-266a-5e53-b612-43ef6932f873-8909674.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/96\/74\/1920x1281_cmsv2_b326e3ec-266a-5e53-b612-43ef6932f873-8909674.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">caricature depicting an imprisoned South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol as they march to the presidential office after a rally demanding his impeachment in Seoul,<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Ahn Young-joon\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The main opposition, the Democratic Party, and five other small opposition parties, which filed the motion, have 192 seats combined. But only three lawmakers from the PPP participated in the first impeachment vote, which was scrapped without ballot counting since the number of votes didn\u2019t reach 200.<\/p>\n<p>National Assembly Speaker Woo Won Shik called the result \u201cvery regrettable\u201d and an embarrassing moment for the country\u2019s democracy. <\/p>\n<p>Most of the lawmakers from Yoon\u2019s governing People Power Party had boycotted that vote, despite party chair Han Dong-hun being a critic of Yoon.<\/p>\n<p>During a party meeting, Dong-hun called Yoon\u2019s statement on Thursday \u201ca confession of rebellion.\u201d <\/p>\n<h2>Yoon's power struggle with parliament<\/h2><p>If Yoon is impeached this Saturday, his powers will be suspended until the Constitutional Court decides whether to remove him from office. If he is removed, an election to replace him must take place within 60 days.<\/p>\n<p>Since taking office in 2022, Yoon has struggled to push his agenda through an opposition-controlled parliament and grappled with low approval ratings amid scandals involving himself and his wife. <\/p>\n<p>In his martial law announcement on 3 December, the South Korean leader called parliament a \u201cden of criminals\u201d bogging down state affairs and vowed to eliminate \u201cshameless North Korea followers and anti-state forces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The declaration of martial law was the first of its kind in the country in more than 40 years. The turmoil has paralysed South Korean politics and sparked alarm among key diplomatic partners like the US and Japan.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1734082388,"updatedAt":1734098406,"publishedAt":1734095971,"firstPublishedAt":1734095971,"lastPublishedAt":1734095971,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/96\/74\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_f09a689e-5b1c-5f73-a1ad-783effc39aee-8909674.jpg","altText":"First impeachment vote of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (Jeon Heon-kyun\/Pool Pho","caption":"First impeachment vote of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. 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president defended his martial law decree as an act of governance and denied rebellion charges Thursday, rejecting the opposition-led impeachment attempts against him and investigations into last week's move.\n\nYoon Suk Yeol's televised statement came hours before the main liberal opposition Democratic Party submits a new impeachment motion against Yoon. The opposition party plans to put the motion on a floor vote this Saturday. \n\nIts earlier attempt to impeach Yoon fell through last Saturday, with ruling party lawmakers boycotting a vote at the National Assembly.\n\nYoon\u2019s Dec. 3 martial law declaration, the first of its kind in more than 40 years in South Korea, has generated political chaos and large protests calling for his ouster. The decree brought hundreds of armed troops attempting to encircle parliament and raiding the election commission, though no major violence or injuries occurred, and he was forced to lift it about six hours later. \n\n\u201cI will fight to the end, to prevent the forces and criminal groups that have been responsible for paralyzing the country\u2019s government and disrupting the nation\u2019s constitutional order from threatening the future of the Republic of Korea,\u201d Yoon said.\n\nYoon, a conservative, said his martial law introduction was meant to issue a warning to the main liberal opposition Democratic Party, which he said has been paralyzing state affairs and destroying the country's constitutional order. He said the deployment of less than 300 soldiers to the National Assembly was designed to maintain order, not dissolving or paralyzing it.\n\nYoon called the Democratic Party \u201ca monster\" and \u201canti-state forces,\u201d which he said repeatedly tried to use its legislative muscle to impeach top officials, undermine government budget bills and sympathize with North Korea.\n\n\u201cThe opposition is now doing a knife dance of chaos, claiming that the declaration of martial law constitutes to an act of rebellion. But was it really?\" Yoon said.\n\nYoon said his martial law decree was an act of governance that cannot be the subject of investigations and doesn\u2019t amount to rebellion.\n\nYoon's statement was seen as an about-face from his previous position. Last Saturday, Yoon apologized over the martial law decree, saying that he won\u2019t avoid legal or political responsibility for it. He said he would leave it to his party to chart a course through the country\u2019s political turmoil, \u201cincluding matters related to my term in office.\u201d\n\n","htmlText":"<p>South Korea's president defended his martial law decree as an act of governance and denied rebellion charges Thursday, rejecting the opposition-led impeachment attempts against him and investigations into last week's move.<\/p>\n<p>Yoon Suk Yeol's televised statement came hours before the main liberal opposition Democratic Party submits a new impeachment motion against Yoon. The opposition party plans to put the motion on a floor vote this Saturday. <\/p>\n<p>Its earlier attempt to impeach Yoon fell through last Saturday, with ruling party lawmakers boycotting a vote at the National Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Yoon\u2019s Dec. 3 martial law declaration, the first of its kind in more than 40 years in South Korea, has generated political chaos and large protests calling for his ouster. The decree brought hundreds of armed troops attempting to encircle parliament and raiding the election commission, though no major violence or injuries occurred, and he was forced to lift it about six hours later. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will fight to the end, to prevent the forces and criminal groups that have been responsible for paralyzing the country\u2019s government and disrupting the nation\u2019s constitutional order from threatening the future of the Republic of Korea,\u201d Yoon said.<\/p>\n<p>Yoon, a conservative, said his martial law introduction was meant to issue a warning to the main liberal opposition Democratic Party, which he said has been paralyzing state affairs and destroying the country's constitutional order. He said the deployment of less than 300 soldiers to the National Assembly was designed to maintain order, not dissolving or paralyzing it.<\/p>\n<p>Yoon called the Democratic Party \u201ca monster\" and \u201canti-state forces,\u201d which he said repeatedly tried to use its legislative muscle to impeach top officials, undermine government budget bills and sympathize with North Korea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe opposition is now doing a knife dance of chaos, claiming that the declaration of martial law constitutes to an act of rebellion. But was it really?\" Yoon said.<\/p>\n<p>Yoon said his martial law decree was an act of governance that cannot be the subject of investigations and doesn\u2019t amount to rebellion.<\/p>\n<p>Yoon's statement was seen as an about-face from his previous position. Last Saturday, Yoon apologized over the martial law decree, saying that he won\u2019t avoid legal or political responsibility for it. He said he would leave it to his party to chart a course through the country\u2019s political turmoil, \u201cincluding matters related to my term in office.\u201d<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1733972634,"updatedAt":1733985216,"publishedAt":1733972897,"firstPublishedAt":1733972897,"lastPublishedAt":1733985216,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Lee Jin-man\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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Yoon's order lasted just six hours, as politicians managed to enter parliament and strike it down in a vote. \n\nInvestigations into the disastrous episode are now gathering pace, with Yoon and other high-level officials slapped with travel bans.\n\nOn Sunday, former defence minister Kim Yong-hyun became the first person to be detained in relation to last week's events. \n\nA total of 18 investigators were sent on Wednesday to Yoon\u2019s office to secure records relating to a cabinet meeting that was held in the run-up to the martial law decree, according to local media. \n\nHowever, it is unclear whether they gained access to the office, as reports suggest that they were initially denied entry by Yoon\u2019s security team. \n\nElsewhere in the South Korean capital, police also conducted raids on the Korean National Police Agency, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency and the National Assembly Guards. \n\nEarly on Wednesday morning, police arrested two police chiefs, Cho Ji-ho, the Korea National Police Agency Commissioner, and Kim Bong-sik, the head of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency. Both men are accused of ordering their officers to block politicians\u2019 access to the National Assembly so as to prevent them from annulling the emergency decree. \n\nThis comes as Kim, the former defence minister, allegedly attempted suicide in custody. Shin Yong Hae, the commissioner general of the Korea Correctional Service, told politicians on Wednesday that he had been prevented from doing so, adding that he was now in a stable condition. \n\nProsecutors have up to 20 days to charge Kim, who, along with Yoon and others, could be put on trial for insurrection, which carries the death sentence as its maximum penalty. \n\nIn a statement released on Tuesday, Kim said he\u201cdeeply apologises for causing significant anxiety\u201d to the public. He also admitted responsibility for the imposition of martial law. \n\nKwak Jong-keun, an army commander whose troops were sent to parliament, said on Tuesday that Kim had instructed him to block politicians\u2019 access to the National Assembly\u2019s main chamber. \n\nYoon later called, urging him to \u201cquickly destroy the door and drag out the lawmakers who are inside,\u201d said Kwak. \n\nThe president has apologised for his actions, and the head of his party has promised to arrange Yoon\u2019s stable exit from office. Amid all the political uncertainty, questions remain over who is currently in charge of the country. \n\nLee Jae-myung, the head of the opposition Democratic party, said he and his colleagues will continue their efforts to impeach the president. Their first attempt failed on Saturday, when Yoon\u2019s People Power Party boycotted the vote. They will try again this Saturday. \n\n\u201cWe will keep doing this until he is impeached,\u201d Lee told The New York Times on Monday. \u201cMore people are joining in the struggle with growing fervour. We will try to get this done by Christmas.\u201d \n\nNorth Korea broke its silence on Wednesday about the political chaos in South Korea, with Pyongyang\u2019s state media calling Yoon \u201ca traitor\u201d and his army \u201cgangsters\u201d. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>South Korean police have conducted a series of raids in Seoul, including an attempted search of President Yoon Suk-yeol\u2019s office, as part of investigations into his failed attempt to impose martial law. <\/p>\n<p>Late last Tuesday, the conservative leader, frustrated by the opposition\u2019s majority in the National Assembly, unexpectedly announced the emergency decree, claiming he wanted to tackle \u201cshameless North Korea followers and anti-state forces\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>It was the first time in more than 40 years that martial law had been used in South Korea, an uncomfortable throwback to the country\u2019s former military dictatorship. Yoon's order lasted just six hours, as politicians managed to enter parliament and strike it down in a vote. <\/p>\n<p>Investigations into the disastrous episode are now gathering pace, with Yoon and other high-level officials slapped with travel bans.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, former defence minister Kim Yong-hyun became the first person to be detained in relation to last week's events. <\/p>\n<p>A total of 18 investigators were sent on Wednesday to Yoon\u2019s office to secure records relating to a cabinet meeting that was held in the run-up to the martial law decree, according to local media. <\/p>\n<p>However, it is unclear whether they gained access to the office, as reports suggest that they were initially denied entry by Yoon\u2019s security team. <\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the South Korean capital, police also conducted raids on the Korean National Police Agency, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency and the National Assembly Guards. <\/p>\n<p>Early on Wednesday morning, police arrested two police chiefs, Cho Ji-ho, the Korea National Police Agency Commissioner, and Kim Bong-sik, the head of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency. Both men are accused of ordering their officers to block politicians\u2019 access to the National Assembly so as to prevent them from annulling the emergency decree. <\/p>\n<p>This comes as Kim, the former defence minister, allegedly attempted suicide in custody. Shin Yong Hae, the commissioner general of the Korea Correctional Service, told politicians on Wednesday that he had been prevented from doing so, adding that he was now in a stable condition. <\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors have up to 20 days to charge Kim, who, along with Yoon and others, could be put on trial for insurrection, which carries the death sentence as its maximum penalty. <\/p>\n<p>In a statement released on Tuesday, Kim said he\u201cdeeply apologises for causing significant anxiety\u201d to the public. He also admitted responsibility for the imposition of martial law. <\/p>\n<p>Kwak Jong-keun, an army commander whose troops were sent to parliament, said on Tuesday that Kim had instructed him to block politicians\u2019 access to the National Assembly\u2019s main chamber. <\/p>\n<p>Yoon later called, urging him to \u201cquickly destroy the door and drag out the lawmakers who are inside,\u201d said Kwak. <\/p>\n<p>The president has apologised for his actions, and the head of his party has promised to arrange Yoon\u2019s stable exit from office. Amid all the political uncertainty, questions remain over who is currently in charge of the country. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8897450,8896140\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//12//07//south-koreas-president-apologises-for-imposing-martial-law-ahead-of-impeachment-vote/">South Korea impeachment motion stalls after governing lawmakers boycott vote<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//12//08//south-koreas-opposition-leader-pushes-for-new-impeachment-vote-against-yoon/">South Korea's opposition leader pushes for new impeachment vote against Yoon<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Lee Jae-myung, the head of the opposition Democratic party, said he and his colleagues will continue their efforts to impeach the president. Their first attempt failed on Saturday, when Yoon\u2019s People Power Party boycotted the vote. They will try again this Saturday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will keep doing this until he is impeached,\u201d Lee told The New York Times on Monday. \u201cMore people are joining in the struggle with growing fervour. We will try to get this done by Christmas.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>North Korea broke its silence on Wednesday about the political chaos in South Korea, with Pyongyang\u2019s state media calling Yoon \u201ca traitor\u201d and his army \u201cgangsters\u201d. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1733911606,"updatedAt":1733913748,"publishedAt":1733913213,"firstPublishedAt":1733913213,"lastPublishedAt":1733913213,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/43\/64\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_5eb11c44-ccaf-5f72-9081-005d11ef8bff-8904364.jpg","altText":"South Koreans attend a rally calling for the impeachment of President Yoon Suk-yeol on 10 December, 2024.","caption":"South Koreans attend a rally calling for the impeachment of President Yoon Suk-yeol on 10 December, 2024.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":5202,"height":2925}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":3272,"urlSafeValue":"sullivan","title":"Rory Sullivan","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":7828,"slug":"south-korea","urlSafeValue":"south-korea","title":"South Korea","titleRaw":"South Korea"},{"id":8211,"slug":"martial-law","urlSafeValue":"martial-law","title":"Martial law","titleRaw":"Martial law"},{"id":12066,"slug":"impeachment","urlSafeValue":"impeachment","title":"Impeachment","titleRaw":"Impeachment"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2696316},{"id":2696160},{"id":2695328}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":"AP","additionalReporting":"","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":12,"urlSafeValue":"asia","title":"Asia"},"country":{"id":258,"urlSafeValue":"south-korea","title":"South Korea","url":"\/news\/asia\/south-korea"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":["80023001","80122002","80122022","80222022","84111001","84112005","84121001","84122001","84211001","84212001"],"slugs":["aggregated_all_moderate_content","death_and_injury_low_risk","death_and_injury_medium_risk","drug_abuse_high_medium_and_low_risk","law_gov_t_and_politics_legal_politics","law_government_and_politics","news","news_general","society","society_general"]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"path":"\/2024\/12\/11\/south-korean-police-sent-to-presidents-office-in-martial-law-investigation","lastModified":1733913213},{"id":2697980,"cid":8897450,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"241208_NWSU_57222942","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"SOUTH KOREA POLITICAL CRISIS UPDATE","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"South Korea's opposition leader pushes for new impeachment vote against Yoon","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"South Korea's opposition pushes for new impeachment vote against Yoon","titleListing2":"South Korea's opposition leader pushes for new impeachment vote against Yoon","leadin":"South Korea's opposition leader, Lee Jae-myung, will push for another impeachment vote against President Yoon Suk-yeol. Protests grow as critics denounce Yoon's martial law declaration.","summary":"South Korea's opposition leader, Lee Jae-myung, will push for another impeachment vote against President Yoon Suk-yeol. Protests grow as critics denounce Yoon's martial law declaration.","keySentence":"","url":"south-koreas-opposition-leader-pushes-for-new-impeachment-vote-against-yoon","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/12\/08\/south-koreas-opposition-leader-pushes-for-new-impeachment-vote-against-yoon","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"South Korea's opposition leader said on Sunday that his party will push for a second vote on a motion to impeach President Yoon Suk-yeol.\n\nLee Jae-myung, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party, announced that the party plans to have parliamentarians vote on the impeachment motion again on Saturday, 14 December.\n\nLee reiterated his stance that Yoon must resign immediately or face impeachment, denouncing the ruling party's statement earlier in the day that they would devise an orderly plan for Yoon to step down early.\n\nLee's remarks came a day after Yoon avoided an opposition-led bid to impeach him for sending heavily armed soldiers into Seoul\u2019s streets with a baffling declaration of martial law that reminded many of the country\u2019s past military-backed dictatorships.\n\nMost ruling party lawmakers boycotted a floor vote on Saturday to prevent the two-thirds majority needed to suspend his presidential powers.\n\nSouth Koreans demand impeachment \n\nBut the president remains in a precarious position. The vote\u2019s defeat is likely to fuel nationwide protests and escalate political turmoil.\n\n\"These people have been here every day. Because they will not accept a president who sidelines parliament,\" said one of thousands of protestors in front of the Parliament.\n\n\u201cIn 1980 in Gwangju, martial law led to a mass murder. I saw it with my own eyes. I can`t believe that the same thing is happening again 50 years later,\" said another senior one.\n\nIn recent days, hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Seoul, the South Korean capital, to demand Yoon's departure.\n\nHow did Yoon survive the vote?\n\nSouth Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol survived the impeachment motion thanks to a boycott by his ruling People Power Party (PPP), resulting in insufficient MPs to pass the motion.\n\nThe motion required 200 votes from the 300 MPs, but only 195 were present, with 192 from opposition parties and three from the PPP. The majority of the president's party members had left the room before the vote, preventing the necessary majority for the motion to pass.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>South Korea's opposition leader said on Sunday that his party will push for a second vote on a motion to impeach President Yoon Suk-yeol.<\/p>\n<p>Lee Jae-myung, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party, announced that the party plans to have parliamentarians vote on the impeachment motion again on Saturday, 14 December.<\/p>\n<p>Lee reiterated his stance that Yoon must resign immediately or face impeachment, denouncing the ruling party's statement earlier in the day that they would devise an orderly plan for Yoon to step down early.<\/p>\n<p>Lee's remarks came a day after Yoon avoided an opposition-led bid to impeach him for sending heavily armed soldiers into Seoul\u2019s streets with a baffling declaration of martial law that reminded many of the country\u2019s past military-backed dictatorships.<\/p>\n<p>Most ruling party lawmakers boycotted a floor vote on Saturday to prevent the two-thirds majority needed to suspend his presidential powers.<\/p>\n<h2>South Koreans demand impeachment<\/h2><p>But the president remains in a precarious position. The vote\u2019s defeat is likely to fuel nationwide protests and escalate political turmoil.<\/p>\n<p>\"These people have been here every day. Because they will not accept a president who sidelines parliament,\" said one of thousands of protestors in front of the Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 1980 in Gwangju, martial law led to a mass murder. I saw it with my own eyes. I can`t believe that the same thing is happening again 50 years later,\" said another senior one.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8896140\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//12//07//south-koreas-president-apologises-for-imposing-martial-law-ahead-of-impeachment-vote/">South Korea impeachment motion stalls after governing lawmakers boycott vote<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In recent days, hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Seoul, the South Korean capital, to demand Yoon's departure.<\/p>\n<h2>How did Yoon survive the vote?<\/h2><p>South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol survived the impeachment motion thanks to a boycott by his ruling People Power Party (PPP), resulting in insufficient MPs to pass the motion.<\/p>\n<p>The motion required 200 votes from the 300 MPs, but only 195 were present, with 192 from opposition parties and three from the PPP. The majority of the president's party members had left the room before the vote, preventing the necessary majority for the motion to pass.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1733658514,"updatedAt":1733672575,"publishedAt":1733671428,"firstPublishedAt":1733671428,"lastPublishedAt":1733671428,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/74\/58\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_2d0745f5-2bfe-5e14-8cd8-700d7e4997c0-8897458.jpg","altText":"South Korean protesters","caption":"South Korean protesters","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Ahn Young-joon\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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The opposition could submit a new impeachment motion when the next session starts on Wednesday.\n\nThe opposition currently holds 192 seats in the 300-strong National Assembly and are just 8 seats shorts of the two-thirds majority required to pass motions. \u00a0\n\nEarlier on Saturday, in a televised address, the South Korean president bowed to the nation and stated he was \"very sorry\" just hours before lawmakers voted on his impeachment over the martial law attempt. \u00a0\n\nYoon has pledged to face all legal consequences\u00a0stating he would not seek to avoid responsibility for his decision, which he says was borne of desperation. \u00a0\n\nIn an effort to reassure a nation scarred by decades of brutal martial law and military dictatorship, Yoon asserted there will be no further martial law orders. \u00a0\n\nHe also announced that he\u2019s instructed his People\u2019s Power Party (PPP) to take all steps and decisions necessary to stabilise the political situation. 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The opposition could submit a new impeachment motion when the next session starts on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The opposition currently holds 192 seats in the 300-strong National Assembly and are just 8 seats shorts of the two-thirds majority required to pass motions. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Saturday, in a televised address, the South Korean president bowed to the nation and stated he was \"very sorry\" just hours before lawmakers voted on his impeachment over the martial law attempt. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yoon has pledged to face all legal consequences\u00a0stating he would not seek to avoid responsibility for his decision, which he says was borne of desperation. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In an effort to reassure a nation scarred by decades of brutal martial law and military dictatorship, Yoon asserted there will be no further martial law orders. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He also announced that he\u2019s instructed his People\u2019s Power Party (PPP) to take all steps and decisions necessary to stabilise the political situation. 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All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Yoon Suk-yeol's impeachment vote took place around 5 pm local time and was dragged out over several hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The likelihood of Yoon\u2019s impeachment significantly increased after members of his own party criticised him after his abortive martial law attempt on Tuesday, with some even calling him a \"great danger\" to citizens.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yoon briefly imposed a martial law order on South Korea on Tuesday, citing the need to \"eliminate anti-state forces.\" In his announcement, he accused the country's opposition, the liberal Democratic Party, of sympathising with North Korea.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He reversed course only six hours later after 190 lawmakers forcibly entered the shuttered parliament to vote down the decree.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Opposition parties have called Yoon's martial law order \"unconstitutional, illegal rebellion or coup,\" and have demanded Yoon be removed from power.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If Yoon is impeached, his powers will be suspended until the Constitutional Court decides whether to remove him. 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They currently have 192 seats combined, with the PPP having 108 lawmakers. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Members of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's own People Power Party (PPP) said the leader posed a \"significant risk\" to South Korean citizens and called for his powers to be frozen during a party meeting on Friday. <\/p>\n<p>Yoon was likely to engage in \"extreme actions, like reattempting to impose martial law, which could potentially put the Republic of Korea and its citizens in great danger,\u201d PPP's leader, Han Dong-hun, said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s my judgment that an immediate suspension of President Yoon Suk-yeol\u2019s official duties is necessary to protect the Republic of Korea and its people,\u201d Han added. <\/p>\n<p>Han's comments spell trouble for Yoon, who is on the verge of losing power as opposition parties push for a parliamentary vote on his impeachment on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Yoon briefly imposed a martial law order on South Korea this week, citing the need to \"eliminate anti-state forces.\" As he announced martial law, he accused the country's opposition, the liberal Democratic Party, of sympathising with North Korea. <\/p>\n<p>He reversed course only six hours later after 190 lawmakers forcibly entered the shuttered parliament to vote down the decree. <\/p>\n<p>Opposition parties have called Yoon's martial law order \u201cunconstitutional, illegal rebellion or coup.\u201d They will need the support of two-thirds of the parliament to pass an impeachment motion and remove Yoon from power. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8889208,8889120\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//12//04//south-korea-martial-law-why-it-happened-and-what-comes-next/">South Korea martial law: Why it happened and what comes next<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//12//04//south-koreas-president-faces-impeachment-after-shock-martial-law-order/">South Korea's president faces impeachment after shock martial law order<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Elsewhere, Han said he received intelligence that Yoon had ordered one of the country's top intelligence commanders to arrest other politicians during the brief period he imposed a martial law order on the country. <\/p>\n<p>His account was questioned by South Korea's spy agency director, Cho Tae-yong, who insisted that such an order would come to him and that he didn't receive any orders from Yoon to detain politicians. <\/p>\n<h2>Yoon under pressure<\/h2><p>In addition to facing increasing cross-party support for his impeachment, Yoon's Defence Minister Kim Yong-hyun is under investigation for his role in Yoon's decision. <\/p>\n<p>Opposition parties claim it was Kim who recommended Yoon take the step, and he has been replaced in the interim by Vice Defence Minister Kim Seon-ho \u2014 who has promised the ministry would be co-operating with prosecutors in an additional investigation into the military's role in Yoon's martial law order. <\/p>\n<p>Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in Seoul since Wednesday, calling for Yoon to resign. <\/p>\n<p>Members of one of the country's biggest umbrella labour groups, the Korean Metal Worker's Union, have begun hourly strikes against Yoon, pledging to start indefinite strikes should the leader remain in power. <\/p>\n<p>Events this week in Seoul have drawn international attention, with US President Joe Biden commenting he was \"seriously concerned\" about Yoon's martial law order and welcoming its removal. <\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers began impeachment proceedings against Yoon just hours after the martial law order was lifted. They have set Saturday as the date parliament should vote to remove the president. <\/p>\n<p>Opposition parties will need support from 200 members of the National Assembly's 300. They currently have 192 seats combined, with the PPP having 108 lawmakers. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1733465432,"updatedAt":1733474839,"publishedAt":1733468691,"firstPublishedAt":1733468691,"lastPublishedAt":1733474839,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/37\/94\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_6ff51c87-49d0-5c20-9adf-e90b9eee9f41-8893794.jpg","altText":"President of South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol listens during a trilateral meeting with President Joe Biden and the Prime Minister of Japan Shigeru Ishiba in Lima, Peru,Nov 2015. ","caption":"President of South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol listens during a trilateral meeting with President Joe Biden and the Prime Minister of Japan Shigeru Ishiba in Lima, Peru,Nov 2015. 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If impeached, he could face trial for high treason.","summary":"South Korea's opposition has initiated impeachment proceedings against President Yoon Suk-yeol over his martial law declaration. If impeached, he could face trial for high treason.","keySentence":"","url":"south-korean-president-risks-life-in-prison-or-death-penalty-if-guilty-of-treason","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/12\/05\/south-korean-president-risks-life-in-prison-or-death-penalty-if-guilty-of-treason","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol has replaced Defence Minister Kim Yong-hyun amid efforts by opposition parties to impeach both men for briefly imposing martial law this week \u2014 a move that was overturned by parliament.\n\nKim offered his resignation and apologised for the disruption and concern caused to the public by the incident, admitting that troops acted under his orders and taking full responsibility.\n\nYoon announced on Thursday that Kim will be replaced by retired General Choi Byung-hyuk, currently South Korea's ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Vice Defence Minister Kim Seon-ho will serve as acting minister until Choi assumes the role after a parliamentary hearing.\n\nThe hearing is largely symbolic, as the president can appoint ministers without requiring parliamentary approval.\n\nA joint motion to impeach Yoon has been submitted to the National Assembly and will be voted on this Saturday evening. Meanwhile, in the wake of the martial law incident, large crowds gathered outside the parliament for a candlelit vigil in protest against the president.\n\nYoon, who faces potential prosecution for high treason, has not appeared in public since announcing the lifting of martial law on television.\n\nOpposition lawmakers also voted on Thursday to impeach the chairman of South Korea's auditing board and three senior prosecutors. The prosecutors are accused of watering down an investigation into suspected stock manipulation involving Yoon\u2019s wife.\n\nReactions from neighbours\n\nReactions from neighbouring countries to developments in South Korea have been varied. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi declined to comment, saying that the situation was Seoul\u2019s \u201cdomestic affair\u201d.\n\nOn the other hand, the Japanese government said it was closely monitoring the situation in Seoul with serious concern. \n\nChief South Korean Cabinet Secretary Hayashi Yoshimasa told reporters on Thursday that Japan and South Korea are important neighbours who should cooperate on global challenges.\n\n\"The government will make appropriate decisions on the countries' comprehensive bilateral relations,\" Hayashi added.\n\nYoon\u2019s declaration of martial law came just hours after his summit with Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov, who was in Seoul for an official visit. Meanwhile, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson reportedly cancelled his planned trip to South Korea this week.\n\nAmid worries over the implications of Yoon\u2019s martial law decrlaration for South Korea\u2019s democracy, officials have been trying to mitigate backlash.\n\nForeign Ministry spokesperson Lee Jaewoong said the ministry sent diplomatic notes to foreign missions stressing that martial law was lifted according to democratic procedures and that travel advisories need not change as public safety remains stable.\n\nHow do the numbers play out?\n\nImpeaching the president would require the support of at least 200 members in South Korea\u2019s 300-seat National Assembly, a two-thirds majority. \n\nThe opposition parties currently hold 192 seats and would need backing from 18 lawmakers within Yoon\u2019s party. However, while members of the party's anti-Yoon faction, have labelled his declaration of martial law \u201cunconstitutional\u201d, they have also stated they will oppose impeachment.\n\nShould the impeachment proceed, Yoon will be suspended from office while the Constitutional Court decides whether to remove him permanently.\n\nThe impeachment motion accuses Yoon of failing to meet the constitutional conditions for declaring martial law, which is restricted to wartime or similarly severe crises. \n\nIt claims he attempted a \u201cself-coup\u201d by mobilising the military, suspending political party activities, and using troops to block access to the National Assembly \u2014 actions deemed tantamount to rebellion.\n\nHowever, since the Korean War has never officially ended, Yoon might argue that South Korea remains in a state of war, thus providing a legal basis for his actions.\n\nHigh treason is punishable by death under South Korean law. However, while the death penalty remains legal, no executions have been carried out in the country since 1997.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol has replaced Defence Minister Kim Yong-hyun amid efforts by opposition parties to impeach both men for briefly imposing martial law this week \u2014 a move that was overturned by parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Kim offered his resignation and apologised for the disruption and concern caused to the public by the incident, admitting that troops acted under his orders and taking full responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>Yoon announced on Thursday that Kim will be replaced by retired General Choi Byung-hyuk, currently South Korea's ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Vice Defence Minister Kim Seon-ho will serve as acting minister until Choi assumes the role after a parliamentary hearing.<\/p>\n<p>The hearing is largely symbolic, as the president can appoint ministers without requiring parliamentary approval.<\/p>\n<p>A joint motion to impeach Yoon has been submitted to the National Assembly and will be voted on this Saturday evening. Meanwhile, in the wake of the martial law incident, large crowds gathered outside the parliament for a candlelit vigil in protest against the president.<\/p>\n<p>Yoon, who faces potential prosecution for high treason, has not appeared in public since announcing the lifting of martial law on television.<\/p>\n<p>Opposition lawmakers also voted on Thursday to impeach the chairman of South Korea's auditing board and three senior prosecutors. The prosecutors are accused of watering down an investigation into suspected stock manipulation involving Yoon\u2019s wife.<\/p>\n<h2>Reactions from neighbours<\/h2><p>Reactions from neighbouring countries to developments in South Korea have been varied. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi declined to comment, saying that the situation was Seoul\u2019s \u201cdomestic affair\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the Japanese government said it was closely monitoring the situation in Seoul with serious concern. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8889208\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//12//04//south-korea-martial-law-why-it-happened-and-what-comes-next/">South Korea martial law: Why it happened and what comes next<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Chief South Korean Cabinet Secretary Hayashi Yoshimasa told reporters on Thursday that Japan and South Korea are important neighbours who should cooperate on global challenges.<\/p>\n<p>\"The government will make appropriate decisions on the countries' comprehensive bilateral relations,\" Hayashi added.<\/p>\n<p>Yoon\u2019s declaration of martial law came just hours after his summit with Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov, who was in Seoul for an official visit. Meanwhile, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson reportedly cancelled his planned trip to South Korea this week.<\/p>\n<p>Amid worries over the implications of Yoon\u2019s martial law decrlaration for South Korea\u2019s democracy, officials have been trying to mitigate backlash.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lee Jaewoong said the ministry sent diplomatic notes to foreign missions stressing that martial law was lifted according to democratic procedures and that travel advisories need not change as public safety remains stable.<\/p>\n<h2>How do the numbers play out?<\/h2><p>Impeaching the president would require the support of at least 200 members in South Korea\u2019s 300-seat National Assembly, a two-thirds majority. <\/p>\n<p>The opposition parties currently hold 192 seats and would need backing from 18 lawmakers within Yoon\u2019s party. However, while members of the party's anti-Yoon faction, have labelled his declaration of martial law \u201cunconstitutional\u201d, they have also stated they will oppose impeachment.<\/p>\n<p>Should the impeachment proceed, Yoon will be suspended from office while the Constitutional Court decides whether to remove him permanently.<\/p>\n<p>The impeachment motion accuses Yoon of failing to meet the constitutional conditions for declaring martial law, which is restricted to wartime or similarly severe crises. <\/p>\n<p>It claims he attempted a \u201cself-coup\u201d by mobilising the military, suspending political party activities, and using troops to block access to the National Assembly \u2014 actions deemed tantamount to rebellion.<\/p>\n<p>However, since the Korean War has never officially ended, Yoon might argue that South Korea remains in a state of war, thus providing a legal basis for his actions.<\/p>\n<p>High treason is punishable by death under South Korean law. However, while the death penalty remains legal, no executions have been carried out in the country since 1997.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1733389683,"updatedAt":1733411796,"publishedAt":1733405612,"firstPublishedAt":1733405612,"lastPublishedAt":1733411796,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/15\/86\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_c084dc71-ae53-558e-acf9-c98926f916b9-8891586.jpg","altText":"South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol","caption":"South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"South Korea Unification Ministry via AP","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":3672,"height":2066}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":1142,"urlSafeValue":"aktan","title":"Sertac Aktan","twitter":"@sertac_aktan"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":7828,"slug":"south-korea","urlSafeValue":"south-korea","title":"South Korea","titleRaw":"South 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EXPLAINER","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"South Korea martial law: Why it happened and what comes next","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"South Korea martial law: Why it happened and what comes next","titleListing2":"South Korea martial law: Why it happened and what comes next","leadin":"Late on Tuesday evening, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said in a televised address that he was imposing martial law. Though he found himself backtracking within a matter of hours, the surprise announcement has decisively rattled the country's political establishment.","summary":"Late on Tuesday evening, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said in a televised address that he was imposing martial law. Though he found himself backtracking within a matter of hours, the surprise announcement has decisively rattled the country's political establishment.","keySentence":"","url":"south-korea-martial-law-why-it-happened-and-what-comes-next","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/12\/04\/south-korea-martial-law-why-it-happened-and-what-comes-next","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"When President Yoon Suk-yeol went live on South Korean TV Tuesday night, few expected him to impose martial law.\n\nThe last time a leader in Seoul did the same was nearly half a century ago, in 1979, amid several decades of authoritarian rule, which ended in 1987. \n\nThat era stretched from the end of the 1950-1953 Korean War, after which a series of dictatorial leaders occasionally proclaimed martial law to station the military on the country's streets and quell anti-government protests.\n\nMany South Koreans have vivid memories of this, as disturbing images of men in military gear and helicopters descending on the National Assembly in Seoul harked back to a time of military junta most in the country have no interest in returning to.\n\nUltimately, this sentiment prevailed: a unanimous 190-0 National Assembly vote to end martial law and a mere six hours later, the president rescinded his order by 4:30 am local time.\n\nWhy did Yoon Suk-yeol impose martial law?\n\nIn his TV address on Tuesday, Yoon blamed alleged pro-North Korean and anti-state forces for trying to destabilise the country. While he provided no evidence of specific Pyongyang's meddling as part of his reasoning, he effectively pointed the finger at opposition parties who had been blocking his policies and even tried to impeach some of his appointees.\n\nWhile it is true that the opposition-dominated parliament, in place since April this year, had repeatedly blocked many of the president's proposed policies, the drastic action of imposing martial law still took many by surprise.\n\nIt even seemed to be news to the leader of Yoon's own conservative People Power Party, Han Dong-hoon, who reacted by saying the president's decision was \"wrong\" and that he would \"stop it with the people\". \n\nOpposition leader Lee Jae-myung of the centrist-liberal Democratic Party called the announcement \"illegal and unconstitutional\".\n\nMyunghee Lee, an assistant professor of international relations at Michigan State University, says that Yoon \"has become increasingly frustrated by both divisions in his own party and moves by the opposition in the National Assembly to block key parts of his agenda.\" \n\nHe also faced a number of influence-peddling scandals, including one involving his wife allegedly accepting a Dior bag from a pastor. \n\nYoon, whose approval rating was a lowly 20%, was already facing calls for impeachment before this incident, and was \"in an incredibly weak position,\" Lee added.\n\nNevertheless, what actually drove him and his plotters to make the political calculation that such a move would benefit him is a \"real puzzle\", according to Lee. \n\n\"For many, it is regarded as a foolish move - he was in such a position politically,\" he said.\n\nSouth Korea's foreign policy under Yoon\n\nDuring its time in power, Yoon's government sought to strengthen ties with Washington, a policy that has generally been popular with the South Korean public.\n\nSignificantly less popular, however, is his attempt to improve relations with Japan on several levels, including through intelligence-sharing and military exercises. Such moves continue to be somewhat taboo in the country due to its traumatic past under Japanese colonial rule.\n\nWhen it comes to North Korea, as is evident from his proclamations on Tuesday, Yoon has adopted a more hawkish stance than his predecessor. Ex-president Moon Jae-in sought to engage with the North's leader Kim Jong-un, while the incumbent government has all but ended such initiatives.\n\nRegarding the neighbouring global powerhouse China, Yoon has attempted to follow a pragmatic path, saying he does not feel that South Korea needs to choose between China and the US.\n\nAlexander Lipke, Asia Programme coordinator at the European Council on Foreign Relations, believes that this week's turmoil in South Korea is bad news for Europe: \"Occupied with its domestic political crisis, South Korea will have limited resources to focus on foreign issues, with any increase in support for Ukraine now much less likely.\n\nCombined with the ongoing political uncertainty in Japan, \"this will also strain South Korea-Japan ties and make trilateral cooperation with the US more difficult, potentially leading to more instability in the region, emboldening Russia, China and North Korea,\" he adds.\n\nWhat happens next?\n\nImpeachment appears to be the most likely option, given the almost unanimous condemnation of Yoon's actions, even within his own party. \n\nThe president's senior advisers, secretaries, and certain Cabinet members, including Defence Minister Kim Hyun-jong, have offered to resign collectively.\n\nNone of this bodes well for Yoon's future in office.\n\nSix opposition parties submitted a motion on Wednesday morning to impeach the president, which would require the support of two-thirds of the parliament and the backing of at least six of the country's Constutitional Court judges.\n\nSpeaker of the Assembly Woo Won-sik is set to open a session for the motion to be debated, which could happen as early as Friday or Saturday. A vote has to take place within three days of the impeachment proposal.\n\nThe last time martial law was imposed in the country - in 1979 - it had followed the assassination of former military dictator Park Chung-hee.\n\nIn a deeply ironic twist, Yoon Suk-yeol led a corruption case against Park's daughter, who was South Korean president until her impeachment for abuse of power in 2016.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>When President Yoon Suk-yeol went live on South Korean TV Tuesday night, few expected him to impose martial law.<\/p>\n<p>The last time a leader in Seoul did the same was nearly half a century ago, in 1979, amid several decades of authoritarian rule, which ended in 1987. <\/p>\n<p>That era stretched from the end of the 1950-1953 Korean War, after which a series of dictatorial leaders occasionally proclaimed martial law to station the military on the country's streets and quell anti-government protests.<\/p>\n<p>Many South Koreans have vivid memories of this, as disturbing images of men in military gear and helicopters descending on the National Assembly in Seoul harked back to a time of military junta most in the country have no interest in returning to.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, this sentiment prevailed: a unanimous 190-0 National Assembly vote to end martial law and a mere six hours later, the president rescinded his order by 4:30 am local time.<\/p>\n<h2>Why did Yoon Suk-yeol impose martial law?<\/h2><p>In his TV address on Tuesday, Yoon blamed alleged pro-North Korean and anti-state forces for trying to destabilise the country. While he provided no evidence of specific Pyongyang's meddling as part of his reasoning, he effectively pointed the finger at opposition parties who had been blocking his policies and even tried to impeach some of his appointees.<\/p>\n<p>While it is true that the opposition-dominated parliament, in place since April this year, had repeatedly blocked many of the president's proposed policies, the drastic action of imposing martial law still took many by surprise.<\/p>\n<p>It even seemed to be news to the leader of Yoon's own conservative People Power Party, Han Dong-hoon, who reacted by saying the president's decision was \"wrong\" and that he would \"stop it with the people\". <\/p>\n<p>Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung of the centrist-liberal Democratic Party called the announcement \"illegal and unconstitutional\".<\/p>\n<p>Myunghee Lee, an assistant professor of international relations at Michigan State University, says that Yoon \"has become increasingly frustrated by both divisions in his own party and moves by the opposition in the National Assembly to block key parts of his agenda.\" <\/p>\n<p>He also faced a number of influence-peddling scandals, including one involving his wife allegedly accepting a Dior bag from a pastor. <\/p>\n<p>Yoon, whose approval rating was a lowly 20%, was already facing calls for impeachment before this incident, and was \"in an incredibly weak position,\" Lee added.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, what actually drove him and his plotters to make the political calculation that such a move would benefit him is a \"real puzzle\", according to Lee. <\/p>\n<p>\"For many, it is regarded as a foolish move - he was in such a position politically,\" he said.<\/p>\n<h2>South Korea's foreign policy under Yoon<\/h2><p>During its time in power, Yoon's government sought to strengthen ties with Washington, a policy that has generally been popular with the South Korean public.<\/p>\n<p>Significantly less popular, however, is his attempt to improve relations with Japan on several levels, including through intelligence-sharing and military exercises. Such moves continue to be somewhat taboo in the country due to its traumatic past under Japanese colonial rule.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to North Korea, as is evident from his proclamations on Tuesday, Yoon has adopted a more hawkish stance than his predecessor. Ex-president Moon Jae-in sought to engage with the North's leader Kim Jong-un, while the incumbent government has all but ended such initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the neighbouring global powerhouse China, Yoon has attempted to follow a pragmatic path, saying he does not feel that South Korea needs to choose between China and the US.<\/p>\n<p>Alexander Lipke, Asia Programme coordinator at the European Council on Foreign Relations, believes that this week's turmoil in South Korea is bad news for Europe: \"Occupied with its domestic political crisis, South Korea will have limited resources to focus on foreign issues, with any increase in support for Ukraine now much less likely.<\/p>\n<p>Combined with the ongoing political uncertainty in Japan, \"this will also strain South Korea-Japan ties and make trilateral cooperation with the US more difficult, potentially leading to more instability in the region, emboldening Russia, China and North Korea,\" he adds.<\/p>\n<h2>What happens next?<\/h2><p>Impeachment appears to be the most likely option, given the almost unanimous condemnation of Yoon's actions, even within his own party. <\/p>\n<p>The president's senior advisers, secretaries, and certain Cabinet members, including Defence Minister Kim Hyun-jong, have offered to resign collectively.<\/p>\n<p>None of this bodes well for Yoon's future in office.<\/p>\n<p>Six opposition parties submitted a motion on Wednesday morning to impeach the president, which would require the support of two-thirds of the parliament and the backing of at least six of the country's Constutitional Court judges.<\/p>\n<p>Speaker of the Assembly Woo Won-sik is set to open a session for the motion to be debated, which could happen as early as Friday or Saturday. A vote has to take place within three days of the impeachment proposal.<\/p>\n<p>The last time martial law was imposed in the country - in 1979 - it had followed the assassination of former military dictator Park Chung-hee.<\/p>\n<p>In a deeply ironic twist, Yoon Suk-yeol led a corruption case against Park's daughter, who was South Korean president until her impeachment for abuse of power in 2016.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1733298749,"updatedAt":1733578612,"publishedAt":1733315823,"firstPublishedAt":1733315823,"lastPublishedAt":1733578612,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/92\/08\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_06f1a682-3ba8-5ae7-b40d-af982caa7795-8889208.jpg","altText":"Protesters stage a rally to demand South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to step down in front of the National Assembly in Seoul, Wed, Dec. 4, 2024. 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LAW","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"South Korea's president faces impeachment after shock martial law order","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"South Korea's president faces impeachment after imposing martial law","titleListing2":"South Korea's President faces impeachment after shock martial law order","leadin":"Leader Yoon Suk-yeol imposed a short-lived martial law order on Tuesday that stunned the country and prompted troops to encircle parliament \u2014 before lawmakers voted to lift it.","summary":"Leader Yoon Suk-yeol imposed a short-lived martial law order on Tuesday that stunned the country and prompted troops to encircle parliament \u2014 before lawmakers voted to lift it.","keySentence":"","url":"south-koreas-president-faces-impeachment-after-shock-martial-law-order","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/12\/04\/south-koreas-president-faces-impeachment-after-shock-martial-law-order","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Opposition parties in South Korea submitted a motion on Wednesday to impeach President Yoon Suk-yeoul, who is facing mounting calls to step down after he imposed a short-lived martial law order, which thrust the country into political turmoil. \n\nImpeaching Yoon would require the support of two-thirds of the parliament and the backing of at least six of the country's Constitutional Court judges. \n\nSpeaker of the Assembly Woo Won-sik is set to open a session for the motion to be debated, which could happen as early as two days.\n\nYoon\u2019s senior advisers and secretaries offered to resign collectively, and his Cabinet members, including Defence Minister Kim Yong Hyun, also faced calls to step down. The nation struggled to make sense of what appeared to be a poorly thought-out stunt.\n\nYoon abruptly imposed martial law on the country in a televised address on Tuesday, vowing to eliminate \"anti-state\" forces. He accused the nation's opposition of sympathising with North Korea and said martial law would help \"rebuild and protect\" the country from falling into ruin. \n\n\u201cI will eliminate anti-state forces as quickly as possible and normalize the country,\u201d he said while asking the people to believe in him and tolerate \u201csome inconveniences\u201d.\n\nAfter his declaration, 190 lawmakers of South Korea's parliament forcibly entered the shuttered building to vote down the decree, which was formally lifted in the early hours of Wednesday morning, just six hours after Yoon passed it. \n\nThe liberal opposition Democratic Party, which holds a majority in parliament, called Yoon's declaration illegal and demanded he take steps to resign. \n\n\u201cHis martial law declaration was originally invalid and a grave violation of the constitution. It was a grave act of rebellion and provides perfect grounds for his impeachment,\u201d the party said in a statement. \n\nIf Yoon is impeached, he\u2019ll be stripped of his constitutional powers until the Constitutional Court can rule on his fate, with the country's Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, taking over his presidential responsibilities. \n\nAs calls mounted for Yoon\u2019s Cabinet to resign, Han issued a public message pleading for patience and calling for Cabinet members to \u201cfulfill your duties even after this moment.\u201d\n\n'Seriously concerned'\n\nSouth Koreans reacted with shock to Yoon's decision, which is the first time martial law has been declared in the Asian democracy for nearly 50 years. \n\nWhen martial law is declared, \u201cspecial measures\u201d can be employed to restrict freedom of press, freedom of assembly and other rights, as well as the power of courts.\n\nFollowing Yoon\u2019s announcement, South Korea\u2019s military said that parliament and other political gatherings that could cause \u201csocial confusion\u201d would be suspended, according to local media. The military said anyone who violated the decree could be arrested without a warrant.\n\nUnder South Korea\u2019s constitution, the president can declare martial law during \u201cwartime, war-like situations or other comparable national emergency states\u201d that require the use of military force to maintain peace and order. \n\nIt is questionable whether South Korea, a functioning and relatively peaceful democracy, is currently in such a state. \n\nIn Washington, the White House said the US was \u201cseriously concerned\u201d by the events in Seoul, with a spokesperson for President Joe Biden's administration adding that they were not informed in advance of Yoon's decision and were in contact with the South Korean government. \n\nYoon \u2014 whose approval rating dipped in recent months \u2014 has struggled to push his agenda against an opposition-controlled parliament since taking office in 2022.\n\nHis government has particularly been locked in an impasse with the opposition over next year's budget bill.\n\nDuring his televised announcement, Yoon also described the opposition as \u201cshameless pro-North Korean anti-state forces who are plundering the freedom and happiness of our citizens.\u201d He did not elaborate.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Opposition parties in South Korea submitted a motion on Wednesday to impeach President Yoon Suk-yeoul, who is facing mounting calls to step down after he imposed a short-lived martial law order, which thrust the country into political turmoil. <\/p>\n<p>Impeaching Yoon would require the support of two-thirds of the parliament and the backing of at least six of the country's Constitutional Court judges. <\/p>\n<p>Speaker of the Assembly Woo Won-sik is set to open a session for the motion to be debated, which could happen as early as two days.<\/p>\n<p>Yoon\u2019s senior advisers and secretaries offered to resign collectively, and his Cabinet members, including Defence Minister Kim Yong Hyun, also faced calls to step down. The nation struggled to make sense of what appeared to be a poorly thought-out stunt.<\/p>\n<p>Yoon abruptly imposed martial law on the country in a televised address on Tuesday, vowing to eliminate \"anti-state\" forces. He accused the nation's opposition of sympathising with North Korea and said martial law would help \"rebuild and protect\" the country from falling into ruin. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will eliminate anti-state forces as quickly as possible and normalize the country,\u201d he said while asking the people to believe in him and tolerate \u201csome inconveniences\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>After his declaration, 190 lawmakers of South Korea's parliament forcibly entered the shuttered building to vote down the decree, which was formally lifted in the early hours of Wednesday morning, just six hours after Yoon passed it. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8888990,8888012\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//12//03//south-korea-lifts-martial-law-after-lawmakers-voted-against-it/">South Korea lifts martial law after lawmakers voted against it<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//12//03//south-korean-president-declares-emergency-martial-law/">South Korean parliament votes to block president's martial law declaration<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The liberal opposition Democratic Party, which holds a majority in parliament, called Yoon's declaration illegal and demanded he take steps to resign. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis martial law declaration was originally invalid and a grave violation of the constitution. It was a grave act of rebellion and provides perfect grounds for his impeachment,\u201d the party said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>If Yoon is impeached, he\u2019ll be stripped of his constitutional powers until the Constitutional Court can rule on his fate, with the country's Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, taking over his presidential responsibilities. <\/p>\n<p>As calls mounted for Yoon\u2019s Cabinet to resign, Han issued a public message pleading for patience and calling for Cabinet members to \u201cfulfill your duties even after this moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>'Seriously concerned'<\/h2><p>South Koreans reacted with shock to Yoon's decision, which is the first time martial law has been declared in the Asian democracy for nearly 50 years. <\/p>\n<p>When martial law is declared, \u201cspecial measures\u201d can be employed to restrict freedom of press, freedom of assembly and other rights, as well as the power of courts.<\/p>\n<p>Following Yoon\u2019s announcement, South Korea\u2019s military said that parliament and other political gatherings that could cause \u201csocial confusion\u201d would be suspended, according to local media. The military said anyone who violated the decree could be arrested without a warrant.<\/p>\n<p>Under South Korea\u2019s constitution, the president can declare martial law during \u201cwartime, war-like situations or other comparable national emergency states\u201d that require the use of military force to maintain peace and order. <\/p>\n<p>It is questionable whether South Korea, a functioning and relatively peaceful democracy, is currently in such a state. <\/p>\n<p>In Washington, the White House said the US was \u201cseriously concerned\u201d by the events in Seoul, with a spokesperson for President Joe Biden's administration adding that they were not informed in advance of Yoon's decision and were in contact with the South Korean government. <\/p>\n<p>Yoon \u2014 whose approval rating dipped in recent months \u2014 has struggled to push his agenda against an opposition-controlled parliament since taking office in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>His government has particularly been locked in an impasse with the opposition over next year's budget bill.<\/p>\n<p>During his televised announcement, Yoon also described the opposition as \u201cshameless pro-North Korean anti-state forces who are plundering the freedom and happiness of our citizens.\u201d He did not elaborate.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1733293429,"updatedAt":1733317206,"publishedAt":1733296549,"firstPublishedAt":1733296549,"lastPublishedAt":1733316677,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/91\/20\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_fb945045-9693-5543-ae21-b4a3cc552649-8889120.jpg","altText":"People watch a TV screen showing South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's televised briefing at a bus terminal in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024.","caption":"People watch a TV screen showing South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's televised briefing at a bus terminal in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP 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It marked the first martial law declaration since more than four decades ago when the country was controlled by a dictatorship. \n\nThe law, which was formally lifted around 4:30AM local time, was in effect for roughly six hours. \"The parliament demanded the lifting of martial law, so I have ordered the withdrawal of the military forces deployed for this purpose,\" Yoon said in an address. \n\n\"However, I request that the parliament immediately ceases the reckless actions that are paralyzing the functions of the state, such as repeated impeachment, legislative manipulation, and budget manipulation,\" he added.\n\nWhat is martial law and why was it implemented?\n\nMartial law is usually invoked during times of war, rebellion of natural disaster. When the law is in effect, the military takes over the control from civil authorities and has the power to make and enforce laws. It also suspends all existing laws.\n\nAround 11PM local time, Yoon declared the law during a televised address and said martial law would defend the country's constitutional order of liberal democracy by protecting South Korea from \"threats posed by North Korea\u2019s communist forces and to eliminate anti-state elements.\" \n\nThe president accused the nation's opposition, who control the parliament known as the National Assembly, of sympathising with North Korea and paralysing the government through anti-state activity.\n\nHours after his announcement, the opposition declared the law as \"unconstitutional\" and \"invalid,\" and National Assembly Speaker Woo Won Shik, who is aligned with the liberal Democratic Party (DP), said lawmakers would \u201cprotect democracy with the people.\u201d\n\nYoon's decisions sent shockwaves through the country\n\nUnder South Korean law, martial law can be lifted with a majority vote in parliament. 190 lawmakers in the opposition-dominated parliament voted to lift the law. \n\nFollowing the bipartisan vote, police and military personnel rapidly left parliament grounds, which Woo applauded. \n\n\u201cEven with our unfortunate memories of military coups, our citizens have surely observed the events of today and saw the maturity of our military,\u201d he said.\n\nEarlier, military troops were seen entering the parliament and were blocked from entering the chamber by lawmakers who sprayed fire extinguishers at them. \n\nHundreds of protesters had also gathered in front of the parliament, waving banners and calling for Yoon's impeachment. Others were seen blocking military vehicles.\n\n\"It feels like we are returning to the era of dictatorship. I believe it is not right for President Yoon (Suk Yeol) to act unilaterally,\" one protester said. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Early Wednesday, the South Korean government lifted the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//12//03//south-korean-president-declares-emergency-martial-law/">emergency martial law <\/a>imposed by South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol late on Tuesday. It marked the first martial law declaration since more than four decades ago when the country was controlled by a dictatorship. <\/p>\n<p>The law, which was formally lifted around 4:30AM local time, was in effect for roughly six hours. \"The parliament demanded the lifting of martial law, so I have ordered the withdrawal of the military forces deployed for this purpose,\" Yoon said in an address. <\/p>\n<p>\"However, I request that the parliament immediately ceases the reckless actions that are paralyzing the functions of the state, such as repeated impeachment, legislative manipulation, and budget manipulation,\" he added.<\/p>\n<h2>What is martial law and why was it implemented?<\/h2><p>Martial law is usually invoked during times of war, rebellion of natural disaster. When the law is in effect, the military takes over the control from civil authorities and has the power to make and enforce laws. It also suspends all existing laws.<\/p>\n<p>Around 11PM local time, Yoon declared the law during a televised address and said martial law would defend the country's constitutional order of liberal democracy by protecting South Korea from \"threats posed by North Korea\u2019s communist forces and to eliminate anti-state elements.\" <\/p>\n<p>The president accused the nation's opposition, who control the parliament known as the National Assembly, of sympathising with North Korea and paralysing the government through anti-state activity.<\/p>\n<p>Hours after his announcement, the opposition declared the law as \"unconstitutional\" and \"invalid,\" and National Assembly Speaker Woo Won Shik, who is aligned with the liberal Democratic Party (DP), said lawmakers would \u201cprotect democracy with the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Yoon's decisions sent shockwaves through the country<\/h2><p>Under South Korean law, martial law can be lifted with a majority vote in parliament. 190 lawmakers in the opposition-dominated parliament voted to lift the law. <\/p>\n<p>Following the bipartisan vote, police and military personnel rapidly left parliament grounds, which Woo applauded. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven with our unfortunate memories of military coups, our citizens have surely observed the events of today and saw the maturity of our military,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//88//89//90//808x539_cmsv2_3493de39-f128-554c-afcb-5655367dc818-8888990.jpg/" alt=\"National Assembly staff spray fire extinguishers to block soldiers entering the main hall of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/89\/90\/384x256_cmsv2_3493de39-f128-554c-afcb-5655367dc818-8888990.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/89\/90\/640x427_cmsv2_3493de39-f128-554c-afcb-5655367dc818-8888990.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/89\/90\/750x500_cmsv2_3493de39-f128-554c-afcb-5655367dc818-8888990.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/89\/90\/828x552_cmsv2_3493de39-f128-554c-afcb-5655367dc818-8888990.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/89\/90\/1080x720_cmsv2_3493de39-f128-554c-afcb-5655367dc818-8888990.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/89\/90\/1200x800_cmsv2_3493de39-f128-554c-afcb-5655367dc818-8888990.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/89\/90\/1920x1281_cmsv2_3493de39-f128-554c-afcb-5655367dc818-8888990.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">National Assembly staff spray fire extinguishers to block soldiers entering the main hall of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP\/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Earlier, military troops were seen entering the parliament and were blocked from entering the chamber by lawmakers who sprayed fire extinguishers at them. <\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of protesters had also gathered in front of the parliament, waving banners and calling for Yoon's impeachment. Others were seen blocking military vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>\"It feels like we are returning to the era of dictatorship. I believe it is not right for President Yoon (Suk Yeol) to act unilaterally,\" one protester said. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1733263567,"updatedAt":1733291647,"publishedAt":1733269895,"firstPublishedAt":1733269895,"lastPublishedAt":1733277494,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/89\/90\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_fa8cc271-0e2e-595d-8189-4b6eb769769a-8888990.jpg","altText":"A man wearing a national flag stands on the wall of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024.","caption":"A man wearing a national flag stands on the wall of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Lee Jin-man\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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KOREA MARTIAL LAW NORTH","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"South Korean parliament votes to block president's martial law declaration","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"South Korean parliament blocks president's martial law declaration","titleListing2":"South Korea votes to block president's martial law declaration","leadin":"South Korean leader Yoon Suk-yeol's move was the first declaration of martial law since the nation's democratisation in 1987, and lasted just hours.","summary":"South Korean leader Yoon Suk-yeol's move was the first declaration of martial law since the nation's democratisation in 1987, and lasted just hours.","keySentence":"","url":"south-korean-president-declares-emergency-martial-law","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/12\/03\/south-korean-president-declares-emergency-martial-law","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"South Korea's parliament voted late on Tuesday to block President Yoon Suk-yeol's surprised move to declare emergency martial law, which sent shockwaves through the country and sparked huge public protests outside Seoul's National Assembly building.\n\nYoon made the declaration in a televised address earlier on Tuesday, accusing the nation\u2019s opposition, which has control of parliament, of sympathising with North Korea and paralysing the government through anti-state activity. \n\nIt was the first time that martial law had been declared since the East Asian nation officially transitioned to democracy with the adoption of a new constitution in the 1980s. \n\nSouth Korea's opposition and the leader of Yoon's own conservative party criticised the declaration and vowed to block it. Under South Korean law, martial law can be lifted with a majority vote in parliament, where the opposition Democratic Party has the numbers.\n\nNational Assembly Speaker Woo Won-sik submitted a resolution requesting the lifting of martial law at around 1 am Wednesday local time (5 pm Tuesday CET). All 190 lawmakers who were present, out of 300 in total, voted in favour. Images shared by media outlets showed police and protesters clashing outside parliament, and troops trying to enter the building. \n\nYoon had said that emergency martial law was critical to protect South Korea from \"threats posed by North Korea\u2019s communist forces and to eliminate anti-state elements\".\n\n\"The martial law is aimed at eradicating pro-North Korean forces and to protect the constitutional order of freedom,\" he added.\n\nFollowing Yoon\u2019s announcement, South Korea\u2019s military proclaimed that parliament and other political gatherings that could cause \"social confusion\" would be suspended, according to the government-funded Yonhap news agency. \n\nAs well as the suspension of parliamentary activities, all media outlets and publishers were to be placed under martial law control, while the country's striking healthcare workers would be instructed to return to work within 48 hours, according to Yonhap. \n\nThousands of doctors have been striking for months over government plans to expand the number of students at medical schools.\n\nBefore the vote in parliament, the leader of Yoon's conservative People Power Party, Han Dong-hoon, called the decision to impose martial law \"wrong\" and vowed to \"stop it with the people\". Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung, who narrowly lost to Yoon in the 2022 presidential election, had described the announcement as \"illegal and unconstitutional\".\n\nSince taking office in 2022, Yoon has struggled to push his agenda through the opposition-controlled parliament. His approval rating has dipped in recent months.\n\nThe martial law declaration came after the Democratic Party railroaded a downsized budget bill and submitted impeachment motions against a state auditor and the chief prosecutor, Yonhap reported.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>South Korea's parliament voted late on Tuesday to block President Yoon Suk-yeol's surprised move to declare emergency martial law, which sent shockwaves through the country and sparked huge public protests outside Seoul's National Assembly building.<\/p>\n<p>Yoon made the declaration in a televised address earlier on Tuesday, accusing the nation\u2019s opposition, which has control of parliament, of sympathising with North Korea and paralysing the government through anti-state activity. <\/p>\n<p>It was the first time that martial law had been declared since the East Asian nation officially transitioned to democracy with the adoption of a new constitution in the 1980s. <\/p>\n<p>South Korea's opposition and the leader of Yoon's own conservative party criticised the declaration and vowed to block it. Under South Korean law, martial law can be lifted with a majority vote in parliament, where the opposition Democratic Party has the numbers.<\/p>\n<p>National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-sik submitted a resolution requesting the lifting of martial law at around 1 am Wednesday local time (5 pm Tuesday CET). All 190 lawmakers who were present, out of 300 in total, voted in favour. Images shared by media outlets showed police and protesters clashing outside parliament, and troops trying to enter the building. <\/p>\n<p>Yoon had said that emergency martial law was critical to protect South Korea from \"threats posed by North Korea\u2019s communist forces and to eliminate anti-state elements\".<\/p>\n<p>\"The martial law is aimed at eradicating pro-North Korean forces and to protect the constitutional order of freedom,\" he added.<\/p>\n<p>Following Yoon\u2019s announcement, South Korea\u2019s military proclaimed that parliament and other political gatherings that could cause \"social confusion\" would be suspended, according to the government-funded Yonhap news agency. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8284290,8867400\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//11//22//south-korea-says-russia-supplied-anti-air-missiles-to-north-korea/">South Korea says Russia supplied anti-air missiles to North Korea <\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2024//03//05//why-have-10000-junior-doctors-in-south-korea-resigned-in-protest-against-the-government/">Why have 10,000 junior doctors in South Korea resigned in protest against the government?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>As well as the suspension of parliamentary activities, all media outlets and publishers were to be placed under martial law control, while the country's striking healthcare workers would be instructed to return to work within 48 hours, according to Yonhap. <\/p>\n<p>Thousands of doctors have been striking for months over government plans to expand the number of students at medical schools.<\/p>\n<p>Before the vote in parliament, the leader of Yoon's conservative People Power Party, Han Dong-hoon, called the decision to impose martial law \"wrong\" and vowed to \"stop it with the people\". Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung, who narrowly lost to Yoon in the 2022 presidential election, had described the announcement as \"illegal and unconstitutional\".<\/p>\n<p>Since taking office in 2022, Yoon has struggled to push his agenda through the opposition-controlled parliament. His approval rating has dipped in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>The martial law declaration came after the Democratic Party railroaded a downsized budget bill and submitted impeachment motions against a state auditor and the chief prosecutor, Yonhap reported.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1733233954,"updatedAt":1733255830,"publishedAt":1733235449,"firstPublishedAt":1733235449,"lastPublishedAt":1733244497,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/88\/80\/12\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_c53d05df-016e-5751-9285-8d36f04e5551-8888012.jpg","altText":"Military vehicles is escorted by police officers outside of the National Assembly in Seoul, 4 December 2024","caption":"Military vehicles is escorted by police officers outside of the National Assembly in Seoul, 4 December 2024","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Lee 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SOUTH KOREA META AP","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"South Korea fines Meta \u20ac14 million for illegally collecting information on Facebook users","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"South Korea fines Meta \u20ac14 million for illegally collecting data ","titleListing2":"South Korea fines Meta \u20ac 14 million for illegally collecting information on Facebook users","leadin":"South Korea said Meta put the privacy of Facebook users at risk by failing to implement basic security measures.","summary":"South Korea said Meta put the privacy of Facebook users at risk by failing to implement basic security measures.","keySentence":"","url":"south-korea-fines-meta-14-million-for-illegally-collecting-information-on-facebook-users","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2024\/11\/05\/south-korea-fines-meta-14-million-for-illegally-collecting-information-on-facebook-users","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"South Korea\u2019s privacy watchdog on Tuesday fined social media company Meta 21.6 billion won (\u20ac14 million) for illegally collecting sensitive personal information from Facebook users, including data about their political views and sexual orientation, and sharing it with thousands of advertisers.\n\nIt was the latest in a series of penalties against Meta by South Korean authorities in recent years as they increase their scrutiny of how the company, which also owns Instagram and WhatsApp, handles private information.\n\nFollowing a four-year investigation, South Korea\u2019s Personal Information Protection Commission concluded that Meta unlawfully collected sensitive information about around 980,000 Facebook users, including their religion, political views and whether they were in same-sex unions, from July 2018 to March 2022.\n\nIt said the company shared the data with around 4,000 advertisers.\n\n'No specific consent'\n\nSouth Korea\u2019s privacy law provides strict protection for 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As a result, hackers were able to use inactive pages to forge identities and request password resets for the accounts of other Facebook users. Meta approved these requests without proper verification, which resulted in data breaches affecting at least 10 South Korean Facebook users, Lee said.\n\nIn September, European regulators hit Meta with over $100 million (\u20ac91 million) in fines for a 2019 security lapse in which user passwords were temporarily exposed in an unencrypted form.\n\nMeta\u2019s South Korean office said it would \u201ccarefully review\u201d the commission\u2019s decision, but didn\u2019t immediately provide more comment.\n\nIn 2022, the commission fined Google and Meta a combined 100 billion won (\u20ac66 million) for tracking consumers\u2019 online behaviour without their consent and using their data for targeted advertisements, in the biggest penalties ever imposed in South Korea for privacy law violations.\n\nThe commission said then that the two companies didn\u2019t clearly inform users or obtain their consent to collect data about them as they used other websites or services outside their own platforms. It ordered the companies to provide an \u201ceasy and clear\u201d consent process to give people more control over whether to share information about what they do online.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>South Korea\u2019s privacy watchdog on Tuesday fined <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//11//05//meta-extends-political-ads-ban-past-us-election-day/">social media company Meta<\/strong><\/a> 21.6 billion won (\u20ac14 million) for illegally collecting sensitive personal information from Facebook users, including data about their political views and sexual orientation, and sharing it with thousands of advertisers.<\/p>\n<p>It was the latest in a series of penalties against Meta by South Korean authorities in recent years as they increase their scrutiny of how the company, which also owns Instagram and WhatsApp, handles private information.<\/p>\n<p>Following a four-year investigation, South Korea\u2019s Personal Information Protection Commission concluded that Meta unlawfully collected sensitive information about around 980,000 Facebook users, including their religion, political views and whether they were in same-sex unions, from July 2018 to March 2022.<\/p>\n<p>It said the company shared the data with around 4,000 advertisers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8817536\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//10//28//what-is-open-source-ai-new-definition-shows-metas-version-isnt-what-it-claims-to-be/">What is open source AI? New definition shows Meta\u2019s version isn\u2019t what it claims to be<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2><strong>'No specific consent'<\/strong><\/h2><p>South Korea\u2019s privacy law provides strict protection for information related to personal beliefs, political views and sexual behaviour, and bars companies from processing or using such data without the specific consent of the person involved.<\/p>\n<p>The commission said Meta amassed sensitive information by analysing the pages the Facebook users liked or the advertisements they clicked on.<\/p>\n<p>The company categorised ads to identify users interested in themes such as specific religions, same-sex and transgender issues, and issues related to North Korean escapees, said Lee Eun Jung, a director at the commission who led the investigation on Meta.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile Meta collected this sensitive information and used it for individualised services, they made only vague mentions of this use in their data policy and did not obtain specific consent,\u201d Lee said.<\/p>\n<p>Lee also said Meta put the privacy of Facebook users at risk by failing to implement basic security measures such as removing or blocking inactive pages. As a result, hackers were able to use inactive pages to forge identities and request password resets for the accounts of other Facebook users. Meta approved these requests without proper verification, which resulted in data breaches affecting at least 10 South Korean Facebook users, Lee said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8797526\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//10//17//metas-watchdog-has-serious-questions-over-anti-immigration-content-on-facebook/">Meta/u2019s watchdog has \u2018serious questions\u2019 over anti-immigration content on Facebook <\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In September, European regulators hit Meta with over $100 million (\u20ac91 million) in fines for a 2019 security lapse in which user passwords were temporarily exposed in an unencrypted form.<\/p>\n<p>Meta\u2019s South Korean office said it would \u201ccarefully review\u201d the commission\u2019s decision, but didn\u2019t immediately provide more comment.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, the commission fined Google and Meta a combined 100 billion won (\u20ac66 million) for tracking consumers\u2019 online behaviour without their consent and using their data for targeted advertisements, in the biggest penalties ever imposed in South Korea for privacy law violations.<\/p>\n<p>The commission said then that the two companies didn\u2019t clearly inform users or obtain their consent to collect data about them as they used other websites or services outside their own platforms. It ordered the companies to provide an \u201ceasy and clear\u201d consent process to give people more control over whether to share information about what they do online.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1730821847,"updatedAt":1730827273,"publishedAt":1730822462,"firstPublishedAt":1730822462,"lastPublishedAt":1730827266,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/83\/39\/72\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_b79e81fc-14c3-5f80-853b-4d9de938d350-8833972.jpg","altText":"FILE - The Facebook logo is seen on a cell phone, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022, in Boston. ","caption":"FILE - The Facebook logo is seen on a cell phone, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022, in Boston. ","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Michael Dwyer\/Copyright 2022 The AP. 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A B-1B is capable of carrying a large conventional weapons payload.\n\nThursday's Hwasong-19 test, North Korea's first ICBM test-firing in almost a year, showed progress in North Korea\u2019s missile program. But many experts say North Korea still has some technological issues to master to acquire functioning ICBMs that can deliver nuclear strikes on the US mainland. The experts say the Hwasong-19 shown in North Korea\u2019s state media photos and videos looked too big to be useful in a war.\n\nThe ICBM test was seen as an effort to grab American attention ahead of the US presidential election this week and respond to international condemnation of North Korea's reported dispatch of thousands of troops to Russia to support its war against Ukraine, observers say.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The United States flew a long-range bomber in a trilateral drill with South Korea and Japan on Sunday in response to North Korea\u2019s recent test-firing of a new intercontinental ballistic missile designed to strike the US mainland, South Korea\u2019s military said.<\/p>\n<p>North Korea on Thursday tested the newly developed Hwasong-19 ICBM, which flew higher and stayed in the air longer than any other missile it has fired. <\/p>\n<p>North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called it \u201can appropriate military action\u201d to cope with external security threats posed by its rivals.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, the US flew the B-1B bomber to train with South Korean and Japanese fighter jets near the Korean Peninsula, demonstrating the three countries\u2019 firm resolve and readiness to respond to North Korea\u2019s advancing nuclear and missile programs, South Korea\u2019s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The trilateral aerial training was the second by South Korea, the US and Japan this year, the statement said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8824370\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//11//01//north-korean-intercontinental-ballistic-missile-test-records-longest-ever-flight-time/">North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile test records longest ever flight time<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The US often responds to major North Korean missile tests with temporary deployments of some of its powerful military assets such as long-range bombers, aircraft carriers and nuclear-powered submarines to and near the Korean Peninsula. <\/p>\n<p>North Korea typically responds angrily to such US actions, calling them part of a US-led plot to invade the North and performing additional weapons tests.<\/p>\n<p>The US has flown the B-1B bomber over or near the Korean Peninsula four times this year, according to South Korea\u2019s military. A B-1B is capable of carrying a large conventional weapons payload.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday's Hwasong-19 test, North Korea's first ICBM test-firing in almost a year, showed progress in North Korea\u2019s missile program. But many experts say North Korea still has some technological issues to master to acquire functioning ICBMs that can deliver nuclear strikes on the US mainland. The experts say the Hwasong-19 shown in North Korea\u2019s state media photos and videos looked too big to be useful in a war.<\/p>\n<p>The ICBM test was seen as an effort to grab American attention ahead of the US presidential election this week and respond to international condemnation of North Korea's reported dispatch of thousands of troops to Russia to support its war against Ukraine, observers say.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1730620688,"updatedAt":1731057120,"publishedAt":1730622096,"firstPublishedAt":1730622096,"lastPublishedAt":1731057110,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/82\/92\/22\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_9ed48bde-b601-503d-9166-807900707a4c-8829222.jpg","altText":"B-1B Lancer","caption":"B-1B 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Korean balloon has fallen on the presidential compound in central Seoul on Thursday for the second time, raising concerns about the vulnerability of key South Korean sites.\n\nAccording to South Korea's presidential security service, no dangerous items were found in the waste that was released when one of the North Korean balloons burst over the presidential compound on Thursday morning.\n\nThe incident comes after the rival Koreas ramped up threats and rhetoric against each other, with the north claiming that the south flew drones over Pyongyang earlier this month to scatter propaganda leaflets.\n\nNorth Korea has sent thousands of balloons carrying assorted plastic and paper waste but no hazardous materials into South Korean airspace since late May, a return to Cold War-era psychological tactics. The trash that fell on the South Korean presidential compound in July also contained no dangerous items.\n\nIt wasn't immediately known whether South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol was at the compound when the latest balloon dropped its payload. He met with visiting Polish President Andrzej Duda as planned later the same day.\n\nSouth Korean media have reported that on Thursday, North Korean leaflets criticising Yoon and his wife Kim Keon-hee were found in the Yongsan district of Seoul, where Yoon's presidential office is located.\n\nOutlets published photos of some of leaflets describing the president's wife as a latter-day Marie Antoinette.\n\nLocal media said it was the first time North Korean leaflets have been found in South Korea since the balloon campaign began some five months ago.\n\nThe South Korean presidential security service has yet to confirm the reports specifically, but South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff have urged North Korea to stop dropping \"crude leaflets\" slandering the president \u2014 and have warned that Pyongyang will be entirely responsible for any consequences.\n\nHowever, experts say North Korea is unlikely to possess the sophisticated technology that would be needed to drop balloons on specific targets.\n\n\"Whether the balloons have GPS or not, it's all about launching them in large numbers and hitting the right altitude based on wind direction and speed, so that they can ride those winds to travel,\" said Lee Choon-geun, an honorary research fellow at South Korea's Science and Technology Policy Institute.\n\n\"While some media are saying the accuracy of the balloons has improved, that improved accuracy isn't because they equipped them with some sort of guidance system, but rather because it's the season when winds blow southward.\"\n\nTit-for-tat reprisals\n\nNorth Korea has accused South Korea of using drones to drop propaganda leaflets over Pyongyang three times in the last month and has threatened reprisals if it happens again.\n\nSeoul has refused to confirm whether the accusation is grounded in fact, instead warning that North Korea would face the end of its regime if the safety of South Korean citizens is threatened.\n\nNorth Korea said its balloon activities were retaliation against the actions of South Korean activists who launched anti-Kim leaflets toward Pyongyang attached to balloons of their own.\n\nSouth Korea has responded to the trash balloons by restarting propaganda broadcasts from loudspeakers positioned at border areas \u2014 prompting North Korea to turn its own frontline loudspeakers back on.\n\nKim Jong-un has lately been increasing the pace of his weapons tests, and has greatly expanded his country's overt military cooperation with Russia.\n\nUS and South Korean officials said on Wednesday that some 3,000 North Korean troops are now training in several locations in Russia. According to South Korea, Pyongyang eventually aims to send a total of 10,000 troops to Russia to support the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, which has badly depleted Russia's forces.\n\nSouth Korea is concerned that Russia may reward North Korea for its contribution with sophisticated technological contributions to its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, both of which are targeted at South Korea and the US.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Trash carried by a North Korean balloon has fallen on the presidential compound in central Seoul on Thursday for the second time, raising concerns about the vulnerability of key South Korean sites.<\/p>\n<p>According to South Korea's presidential security service, no dangerous items were found in the waste that was released when one of the North Korean balloons burst over the presidential compound on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The incident comes after the rival Koreas ramped up threats and rhetoric against each other, with the north claiming that the south flew drones over Pyongyang earlier this month to scatter propaganda leaflets.<\/p>\n<p>North Korea has sent thousands of balloons carrying assorted plastic and paper waste but no hazardous materials into South Korean airspace since late May, a return to Cold War-era psychological tactics. The trash that fell on the South Korean presidential compound in July also contained no dangerous items.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn't immediately known whether South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol was at the compound when the latest balloon dropped its payload. He met with visiting Polish President Andrzej Duda as planned later the same day.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8802566,8801710\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//10//20//north-korea-threatens-four-eu-states-over-sanctions-monitoring-group/">North Korea threatens four EU states over sanctions monitoring group<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//10//22//how-should-eu-react-to-north-korean-involvement-in-ukraine-war-radio-schuman/">How should EU react to North Korean involvement in Ukraine war? | Radio Schuman<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>South Korean media have reported that on Thursday, North Korean leaflets criticising Yoon and his wife Kim Keon-hee were found in the Yongsan district of Seoul, where Yoon's presidential office is located.<\/p>\n<p>Outlets published photos of some of leaflets describing the president's wife as a latter-day Marie Antoinette.<\/p>\n<p>Local media said it was the first time North Korean leaflets have been found in South Korea since the balloon campaign began some five months ago.<\/p>\n<p>The South Korean presidential security service has yet to confirm the reports specifically, but South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff have urged North Korea to stop dropping \"crude leaflets\" slandering the president \u2014 and have warned that Pyongyang will be entirely responsible for any consequences.<\/p>\n<p>However, experts say North Korea is unlikely to possess the sophisticated technology that would be needed to drop balloons on specific targets.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//81//19//88//808x539_cmsv2_21196709-7b1e-5aab-b47c-9c0609feab79-8811988.jpg/" alt=\"South Korean army soldiers collect the trash from a balloon presumably sent by North Korea in Incheon, South Korea.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/81\/19\/88\/384x256_cmsv2_21196709-7b1e-5aab-b47c-9c0609feab79-8811988.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/81\/19\/88\/640x427_cmsv2_21196709-7b1e-5aab-b47c-9c0609feab79-8811988.jpg 640w, 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South Korea.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Lim Sun-suk\/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"Whether the balloons have GPS or not, it's all about launching them in large numbers and hitting the right altitude based on wind direction and speed, so that they can ride those winds to travel,\" said Lee Choon-geun, an honorary research fellow at South Korea's Science and Technology Policy Institute.<\/p>\n<p>\"While some media are saying the accuracy of the balloons has improved, that improved accuracy isn't because they equipped them with some sort of guidance system, but rather because it's the season when winds blow southward.\"<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Tit-for-tat reprisals<\/strong><\/h2><p>North Korea has accused South Korea of using drones to drop propaganda leaflets over Pyongyang three times in the last month and has threatened reprisals if it happens again.<\/p>\n<p>Seoul has refused to confirm whether the accusation is grounded in fact, instead warning that North Korea would face the end of its regime if the safety of South Korean citizens is threatened.<\/p>\n<p>North Korea said its balloon activities were retaliation against the actions of South Korean activists who launched anti-Kim leaflets toward Pyongyang attached to balloons of their own.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea has responded to the trash balloons by restarting propaganda broadcasts from loudspeakers positioned at border areas \u2014 prompting North Korea to turn its own frontline loudspeakers back on.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8807474,8805238\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//news//2024//10//23//evidence-shows-north-korean-troops-are-in-russia-us-defence-secretary-says/">US defence secretary: Evidence shows North Korean troops are in Russia<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//10//22//seoul-weighs-sending-arms-to-ukraine-as-north-korean-troops-join-russia/">Seoul weighs sending arms to Ukraine as North Korean troops join Russia<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Kim Jong-un has lately been increasing the pace of his weapons tests, and has greatly expanded his country's overt military cooperation with Russia.<\/p>\n<p>US and South Korean officials said on Wednesday that some 3,000 North Korean troops are now training in several locations in Russia. According to South Korea, Pyongyang eventually aims to send a total of 10,000 troops to Russia to support the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, which has badly depleted Russia's forces.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea is concerned that Russia may reward North Korea for its contribution with sophisticated technological contributions to its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, both of which are targeted at South Korea and the US.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1729765205,"updatedAt":1729769581,"publishedAt":1729769491,"firstPublishedAt":1729769491,"lastPublishedAt":1729769491,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/81\/13\/28\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_7000f5b0-4037-58ac-84c8-5474f40b404b-8811328.jpg","altText":"FILE: A balloon sent by North Korea is seen in a paddy field in Incheon, South Korea, 10 June 2024","caption":"FILE: A balloon sent by North Korea is seen in a paddy field in Incheon, South Korea, 10 June 2024","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Im 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KOREA","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Polish and South Korean presidents meet as Pyongyang backs Russia","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Polish and South Korean presidents meet as Pyongyang backs Russia","titleListing2":"Polish and South Korean presidents meet as Pyongyang backs Russia","leadin":"Andrzej Duda's visit to South Korea focused on defence cooperation as North Korea sent troops to Russia.","summary":"Andrzej Duda's visit to South Korea focused on defence cooperation as North Korea sent troops to Russia.","keySentence":"","url":"polish-president-meets-south-korean-counterpart-amid-rising-threats-from-north-korea","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/10\/24\/polish-president-meets-south-korean-counterpart-amid-rising-threats-from-north-korea","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"South Korea \"won't sit idle\" after North Korea allegedly sent troops to support Russia's war on Ukraine, South Korean leader pledged after meeting Poland's president to discuss expanding defence cooperation.\n\nThe meeting between South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda came a day after US and South Korean officials said they believe around 3,000 North Korean troops have been deployed to Russia and are training at several locations.\n\nDuring their summit, Yoon and Duda agreed to \"actively support\" additional deliveries of South Korean military equipment to Poland, including a new deal for Korean K-2 tanks the governments hope to finalise within this year, Yoon's office said.\n\nPoland has signed a series of arms deals with South Korea in the last two years to acquire tanks, howitzers and missile launchers in an effort to bolster its military capabilities following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.\n\n'A provocation that threatens global security'\n\nMeanwhile, South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers that North Korea likely aims to send a total of 10,000 troops to Russia by the end of the year.\n\nBoth Moscow and Pyongyang have denied the presence of North Korean troops.\n\n\"We agreed that North Korea's troop deployment to Russia, which is in direct violation of the UN charter and UN Security Council resolutions, is a provocation that threatens global security,\" Yoon said after the summit.\n\nYoon said South Korea will work with allies and partners to prepare countermeasures that could be rolled out in stages depending on the degree of military cooperation between Pyongyang and Moscow.\n\nYoon's office said earlier this week that South Korea is considering various diplomatic, economic and military options, including supplying Ukraine with both defensive and offensive weapons systems.\n\nSouth Korea, a growing arms exporter, has provided humanitarian aid and other non-lethal support to Ukraine and supported economic sanctions against Moscow. But Seoul hasn't directly provided Ukraine with arms, citing a long-standing policy of not supplying weapons to countries actively engaged in conflict.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>South Korea \"won't sit idle\" after North Korea allegedly sent troops to support Russia's war on Ukraine, South Korean leader pledged after meeting Poland's president to discuss expanding defence cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting between South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda came a day after US and South Korean officials said they believe around 3,000 North Korean troops have been deployed to Russia and are training at several locations.<\/p>\n<p>During their summit, Yoon and Duda agreed to \"actively support\" additional deliveries of South Korean military equipment to Poland, including a new deal for Korean K-2 tanks the governments hope to finalise within this year, Yoon's office said.<\/p>\n<p>Poland has signed a series of arms deals with South Korea in the last two years to acquire tanks, howitzers and missile launchers in an effort to bolster its military capabilities following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<h2>'A provocation that threatens global security'<\/h2><p>Meanwhile, South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers that North Korea likely aims to send a total of 10,000 troops to Russia by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Both Moscow and Pyongyang have denied the presence of North Korean troops.<\/p>\n<p>\"We agreed that North Korea's troop deployment to Russia, which is in direct violation of the UN charter and UN Security Council resolutions, is a provocation that threatens global security,\" Yoon said after the summit.<\/p>\n<p>Yoon said South Korea will work with allies and partners to prepare countermeasures that could be rolled out in stages depending on the degree of military cooperation between Pyongyang and Moscow.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8807474,8805238\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//news//2024//10//23//evidence-shows-north-korean-troops-are-in-russia-us-defence-secretary-says/">US defence secretary: Evidence shows North Korean troops are in Russia<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//10//22//seoul-weighs-sending-arms-to-ukraine-as-north-korean-troops-join-russia/">Seoul weighs sending arms to Ukraine as North Korean troops join Russia<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Yoon's office said earlier this week that South Korea is considering various diplomatic, economic and military options, including supplying Ukraine with both defensive and offensive weapons systems.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea, a growing arms exporter, has provided humanitarian aid and other non-lethal support to Ukraine and supported economic sanctions against Moscow. But Seoul hasn't directly provided Ukraine with arms, citing a long-standing policy of not supplying weapons to countries actively engaged in conflict.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1729746349,"updatedAt":1729758540,"publishedAt":1729753275,"firstPublishedAt":1729753275,"lastPublishedAt":1729758540,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/81\/11\/06\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_e2dc3e66-cbdf-52be-992d-73e38cdf14c9-8811106.jpg","altText":"South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, and Poland's President Andrzej Duda, right, walk with honour guards during a ceremony at the Presidential Office in Seoul.","caption":"South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, and Poland's President Andrzej Duda, right, walk with honour guards during a ceremony at the Presidential Office in Seoul.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1902,"height":1069}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":3168,"urlSafeValue":"de-ruiter","title":"Emma De Ruiter","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":230,"slug":"poland","urlSafeValue":"poland","title":"Poland","titleRaw":"Poland"},{"id":7828,"slug":"south-korea","urlSafeValue":"south-korea","title":"South Korea","titleRaw":"South Korea"},{"id":366,"slug":"north-korea","urlSafeValue":"north-korea","title":"North Korea","titleRaw":"North Korea"},{"id":26698,"slug":"russia-ukraine-invasion","urlSafeValue":"russia-ukraine-invasion","title":"Russia's invasion of Ukraine","titleRaw":"Russia's invasion of Ukraine"},{"id":19956,"slug":"andrzej-duda","urlSafeValue":"andrzej-duda","title":"Andrzej Duda","titleRaw":"Andrzej Duda"},{"id":26940,"slug":"yoon-suk-yeol","urlSafeValue":"yoon-suk-yeol","title":"Yoon Suk-yeol","titleRaw":"Yoon Suk-yeol"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2658498},{"id":2693796}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":{"youtubeId":"Mr3eO5_01XY","dailymotionId":"x97y4r4"},"hasExternalVideo":1,"video":1,"videos":[{"format":"mp4","quality":"md","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/med\/EN\/NW\/SU\/24\/10\/24\/en\/241024_NWSU_56837184_56837210_35520_080257_en.mp4","editor":"","duration":35520,"filesizeBytes":4763491,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"hd","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/EN\/NW\/SU\/24\/10\/24\/en\/241024_NWSU_56837184_56837210_35520_080257_en.mp4","editor":"","duration":35520,"filesizeBytes":6849891,"expiresAt":0}],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":"AP","additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":12,"urlSafeValue":"asia","title":"Asia"},"country":{"id":258,"urlSafeValue":"south-korea","title":"South Korea","url":"\/news\/asia\/south-korea"},"town":{"id":428,"urlSafeValue":"seoul-south-korea","title":"Seoul, South Korea"},"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":["80023001","84201001","84202001"],"slugs":["aggregated_all_moderate_content","shopping","shopping_general"]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"path":"\/2024\/10\/24\/polish-president-meets-south-korean-counterpart-amid-rising-threats-from-north-korea","lastModified":1729758540},{"id":2651244,"cid":8782394,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"241010_C2SU_56727181","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"Culture - Han Kang: a guide to the Nobel Prize winning author","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Han Kang: A guide to the Nobel Prize winning author","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Han Kang: A guide to the Nobel Prize winning author","titleListing2":"Han Kang: A guide to the Nobel Prize winning author","leadin":"As South Korean author Han Kang becomes the 18th woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, here's a guide to her work.","summary":"As South Korean author Han Kang becomes the 18th woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, here's a guide to her work.","keySentence":"","url":"han-kang-a-guide-to-the-nobel-prize-winning-author","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2024\/10\/10\/han-kang-a-guide-to-the-nobel-prize-winning-author","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"South Korean writer Han Kang has been announced as the 2024 Nobel Prize laureate in Literature, with the Swedish Academy praising \"her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.\u201d \n\nIt\u2019s a historic win as Han, 53, becomes the first Asian woman to win the prize and is only the second Korean winner. \n\nHan was born in Gwangju in 1970 and moved to the capital Seoul as a child. She studied Korean Literature at Yonsei University and began publishing poems and short stories in the 90s. Her first novel was \"A Love of Yeosu\" was published in 1995. \n\nIn South Korea, Han has been a long celebrated member of the literary scene, winning the Korean Fiction Award, the Yi Sang Literary Award Grand Prize, the Dong-in Literary Award, and the Ho-Am Prize in the Arts among many others. \n\nInternationally, she has also won the International Booker Prize, the Premio Malaparte, the San Clemente Literary Prize, the Prix M\u00e9dicis \u00e9tranger and was elected as a Royal Society of Literature International Writer in 2023.\n\nFor those unacquainted with the South Korean author, here\u2019s our guide to Han Kang\u2019s work. \n\nThe famous one \n\nHan won the International Booker Prize in 2016 for a novel she\u2019d written over a decade earlier. \"The Vegetarian\" was first published in South Korea in 2007 based on her 1997 short story \"The Fruit of My Woman.\" Its publication in English marked the first of a fruitful collaboration with translator Deborah Smith \u2013 who shares the International Booker Prize win \u2013 and Han\u2019s entry into the international literary realm. \n\n\"The Vegetarian\" is a unique tale of Yeong-hye, a woman who disrupts the social milieu of middle-class Seoul society when she starts refusing to eat meat. The tension that arises over Yeong-hye\u2019s refusal to eat meat leads to similar refusals of societal mores as her behaviour is increasingly criticised as erratic and insane. \n\nWhat\u2019s so striking about \"The Vegetarian\" is how it puts the simple act of a woman refusing to eat meat as the bouncing board for an entire family to fall apart. Han\u2019s depiction of Korean domestic life as so fragile, it\u2019s thanks to her \u2013 and Deborah Smith\u2019s \u2013 masterful prose that it balances the decorum and fury with ease. \n\nThe new one \n\nWhat you consider Han\u2019s latest novel is somewhat dependent on a few factors: whether you can read Korean and whether you care about publishing order of the original vs the translation. If you do read Korean, Han\u2019s 2021 novel \"Don\u2019t Say Goodbye\" is her most recent and will be released in English translation by Emily Yae Won and Paige Aniyah Morris sometime next year.\n\nBefore that, Han\u2019s previous novel was \"White\", released in 2016 in Korea and translated by Smith into English for a 2017 publication as \"The White Book\". However, to most international audiences, Han\u2019s newest novel is \"Greek Lessons\". \n\nPublished last year, \"Greek Lessons\" was originally released in 2011 in Korea as \"Greek Time\". Translated by Smith and Yae Won, it follows a similar path to \"The Vegetarian\" where it takes a disempowered woman through an existential journey. \n\nThis time, it\u2019s a mute woman who takes a class in Ancient Greek as an attempt to reclaim her ability over language. While the woman explores her loss of speech through the lens of her other many personal losses, she grows closer to the teacher who has lost his sight and connection to family. Although small in size, where \"Greek Lessons\" expands on from \"The Vegetarian\" is its dissection of humanity through the language we use. \n\nWhere to go next?\n\nAlthough Han has a large bibliography, the number of English translations are relatively sparse. If her winning the Nobel Prize reflects the trend seen with French writer Annie Ernaux two years ago, many more of her novels will soon get the translations they deserve. \n\nIn the interim, the two key texts for non-Korean speakers to get their teeth into are \"The White Book\" and \"Human Acts\". Both are period novels, set around important historic moments. \n\n\"The White Book\" takes readers to Europe through Han\u2019s literary lens. Set after the end of World War II in Poland, it is an elongated meditation on grief through 65 different white objects. Anyone who liked Maggie Nelson\u2019s \"Bluets\" will know how powerful a literary mechanism this can be. Released in English in 2017, it was nominated for the next year\u2019s International Booker Prize.\n\n\"Human Acts\" takes place amongst the Gwangju Uprising, known in Korea as May 18, the student protests that took place in 1980 in response to the coup the day prior that installed a military dictatorship over South Korea. The uprising was violently stopped by the military with US support. Han has said that \"Human Acts\" is her most representative work and for non-Korean readers, offers an insight into a crucial moment in the country\u2019s history. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>South Korean writer Han Kang has been announced as the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//10//10//south-korean-author-han-kang-becomes-only-18th-woman-to-win-nobel-prize-in-literature/">2024 Nobel Prize laureate<\/strong><\/a> in Literature, with the Swedish Academy praising \"her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a historic win as Han, 53, becomes the first Asian woman to win the prize and is only the second Korean winner. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8781596,8780070\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//10//09//the-apprentice-donald-trump-movie-featuring-controversial-rape-scene-premieres-in-new-york/">'The Apprentice': Donald Trump movie featuring controversial rape scene premieres in New York<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//10//10//south-korean-author-han-kang-becomes-only-18th-woman-to-win-nobel-prize-in-literature/">South Korean author Han Kang becomes only 18th woman to win Nobel Prize in Literature <\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Han was born in Gwangju in 1970 and moved to the capital Seoul as a child. She studied Korean Literature at Yonsei University and began publishing poems and short stories in the 90s. Her first novel was \"A Love of Yeosu\" was published in 1995. <\/p>\n<p>In South Korea, Han has been a long celebrated member of the literary scene, winning the Korean Fiction Award, the Yi Sang Literary Award Grand Prize, the Dong-in Literary Award, and the Ho-Am Prize in the Arts among many others. <\/p>\n<p>Internationally, she has also won the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//05//21//international-booker-prize-2024-kairos-by-jenny-erpenbeck-wins/">International Booker Prize<\/strong><\/a>, the Premio Malaparte, the San Clemente Literary Prize, the Prix M\u00e9dicis \u00e9tranger and was elected as a Royal Society of Literature International Writer in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>For those unacquainted with the South Korean author, here\u2019s our <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//10//06//jon-fosse-a-guide-to-the-nobel-prize-winning-author/">guide to Han Kang\u2019s work. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//78//23//94//808x539_cmsv2_918d2035-9d39-5ad7-a88e-3850bab8269a-8782394.jpg/" alt=\"Books by the South Korean writer Han Kang displayed at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/23\/94\/384x256_cmsv2_918d2035-9d39-5ad7-a88e-3850bab8269a-8782394.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/23\/94\/640x427_cmsv2_918d2035-9d39-5ad7-a88e-3850bab8269a-8782394.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/23\/94\/750x500_cmsv2_918d2035-9d39-5ad7-a88e-3850bab8269a-8782394.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/23\/94\/828x552_cmsv2_918d2035-9d39-5ad7-a88e-3850bab8269a-8782394.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/23\/94\/1080x720_cmsv2_918d2035-9d39-5ad7-a88e-3850bab8269a-8782394.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/23\/94\/1200x800_cmsv2_918d2035-9d39-5ad7-a88e-3850bab8269a-8782394.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/23\/94\/1920x1280_cmsv2_918d2035-9d39-5ad7-a88e-3850bab8269a-8782394.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Books by the South Korean writer Han Kang displayed at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Jessica Gow\/JESSICA GOW<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>The famous one<\/h2><p>Han won the International Booker Prize in 2016 for a novel she\u2019d written over a decade earlier. \"The Vegetarian\" was first published in South Korea in 2007 based on her 1997 short story \"The Fruit of My Woman.\" Its publication in English marked the first of a fruitful collaboration with translator Deborah Smith \u2013 who shares the International Booker Prize win \u2013 and Han\u2019s entry into the international literary realm. <\/p>\n<p>\"The Vegetarian\" is a unique tale of Yeong-hye, a woman who disrupts the social milieu of middle-class Seoul society when she starts refusing to eat meat. The tension that arises over Yeong-hye\u2019s refusal to eat meat leads to similar refusals of societal mores as her behaviour is increasingly criticised as erratic and insane. <\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s so striking about \"The Vegetarian\" is how it puts the simple act of a woman refusing to eat meat as the bouncing board for an entire family to fall apart. Han\u2019s depiction of Korean domestic life as so fragile, it\u2019s thanks to her \u2013 and Deborah Smith\u2019s \u2013 masterful prose that it balances the decorum and fury with ease. <\/p>\n<h2>The new one<\/h2><p>What you consider Han\u2019s latest novel is somewhat dependent on a few factors: whether you can read Korean and whether you care about publishing order of the original vs the translation. If you do read Korean, Han\u2019s 2021 novel \"Don\u2019t Say Goodbye\" is her most recent and will be released in English translation by Emily Yae Won and Paige Aniyah Morris sometime next year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//78//23//94//808x539_cmsv2_21a3b25c-3532-5577-a11f-b4d66ec5d367-8782394.jpg/" alt=\"A book store employee handles books by the South Korean writer Han Kang in London, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/23\/94\/384x256_cmsv2_21a3b25c-3532-5577-a11f-b4d66ec5d367-8782394.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/23\/94\/640x427_cmsv2_21a3b25c-3532-5577-a11f-b4d66ec5d367-8782394.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/23\/94\/750x500_cmsv2_21a3b25c-3532-5577-a11f-b4d66ec5d367-8782394.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/23\/94\/828x552_cmsv2_21a3b25c-3532-5577-a11f-b4d66ec5d367-8782394.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/23\/94\/1080x720_cmsv2_21a3b25c-3532-5577-a11f-b4d66ec5d367-8782394.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/23\/94\/1200x800_cmsv2_21a3b25c-3532-5577-a11f-b4d66ec5d367-8782394.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/23\/94\/1920x1280_cmsv2_21a3b25c-3532-5577-a11f-b4d66ec5d367-8782394.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A book store employee handles books by the South Korean writer Han Kang in London, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Kin Cheung\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Before that, Han\u2019s previous novel was \"White\", released in 2016 in Korea and translated by Smith into English for a 2017 publication as \"The White Book\". However, to most international audiences, Han\u2019s newest novel is \"Greek Lessons\". <\/p>\n<p>Published last year, \"Greek Lessons\" was originally released in 2011 in Korea as \"Greek Time\". Translated by Smith and Yae Won, it follows a similar path to \"The Vegetarian\" where it takes a disempowered woman through an existential journey. <\/p>\n<p>This time, it\u2019s a mute woman who takes a class in Ancient Greek as an attempt to reclaim her ability over language. While the woman explores her loss of speech through the lens of her other many personal losses, she grows closer to the teacher who has lost his sight and connection to family. Although small in size, where \"Greek Lessons\" expands on from \"The Vegetarian\" is its dissection of humanity through the language we use. <\/p>\n<h2>Where to go next?<\/h2><p>Although Han has a large bibliography, the number of English translations are relatively sparse. If her winning the Nobel Prize reflects the trend seen with French writer Annie Ernaux two years ago, many more of her novels will soon get the translations they deserve. <\/p>\n<p>In the interim, the two key texts for non-Korean speakers to get their teeth into are \"The White Book\" and \"Human Acts\". Both are period novels, set around important historic moments. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.652846331029944\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//78//23//94//808x528_cmsv2_cd4a20b1-12b2-5649-bc15-e00962fc2de2-8782394.jpg/" alt=\"Armed South Korean government soldiers take captured rebels to a collection point in the riot-battered city of Gwangju (Kwangju), South Korea, May 27, 1980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/23\/94\/384x251_cmsv2_cd4a20b1-12b2-5649-bc15-e00962fc2de2-8782394.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/23\/94\/640x418_cmsv2_cd4a20b1-12b2-5649-bc15-e00962fc2de2-8782394.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/23\/94\/750x490_cmsv2_cd4a20b1-12b2-5649-bc15-e00962fc2de2-8782394.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/23\/94\/828x541_cmsv2_cd4a20b1-12b2-5649-bc15-e00962fc2de2-8782394.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/23\/94\/1080x705_cmsv2_cd4a20b1-12b2-5649-bc15-e00962fc2de2-8782394.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/23\/94\/1200x783_cmsv2_cd4a20b1-12b2-5649-bc15-e00962fc2de2-8782394.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/23\/94\/1920x1253_cmsv2_cd4a20b1-12b2-5649-bc15-e00962fc2de2-8782394.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Armed South Korean government soldiers take captured rebels to a collection point in the riot-battered city of Gwangju (Kwangju), South Korea, May 27, 1980<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">SADAYUKI MIKAMI\/1980 AP <\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"The White Book\" takes readers to Europe through Han\u2019s literary lens. Set after the end of World War II in Poland, it is an elongated meditation on grief through 65 different white objects. Anyone who liked Maggie Nelson\u2019s \"Bluets\" will know how powerful a literary mechanism this can be. Released in English in 2017, it was nominated for the next year\u2019s International Booker Prize.<\/p>\n<p>\"Human Acts\" takes place amongst the Gwangju Uprising, known in Korea as May 18, the student protests that took place in 1980 in response to the coup the day prior that installed a military dictatorship over South Korea. The uprising was violently stopped by the military with US support. Han has said that \"Human Acts\" is her most representative work and for non-Korean readers, offers an insight into a crucial moment in the country\u2019s history. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1728565535,"updatedAt":1728568454,"publishedAt":1728566900,"firstPublishedAt":1728566900,"lastPublishedAt":1728566900,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/23\/94\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_158665fc-a8e9-53fe-861d-7ed46c9ff0d8-8782394.jpg","altText":"A guide to Han Kang ","caption":"A guide to Han Kang ","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Kin 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LITERATURE","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"South Korean author Han Kang becomes only 18th woman to win Nobel Prize in Literature ","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"South Korean author Han Kang wins Nobel Prize in Literature ","titleListing2":"South Korean author Han Kang becomes only 18th woman to win Nobel Prize in Literature ","leadin":"The author of \"The Vegetarian\" and \"The White Book\" wins this year's Nobel Prize for Literature. She becomes only the 18th woman to win the prize.","summary":"The author of \"The Vegetarian\" and \"The White Book\" wins this year's Nobel Prize for Literature. She becomes only the 18th woman to win the prize.","keySentence":"","url":"south-korean-author-han-kang-becomes-only-18th-woman-to-win-nobel-prize-in-literature","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2024\/10\/10\/south-korean-author-han-kang-becomes-only-18th-woman-to-win-nobel-prize-in-literature","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"After three days of Nobel prizes honouring work in the sciences, the Literature award has been announced by the Nobel Committee at the Swedish Academy.\n\nSouth Korean author Han Kang\u00a0has won this year's Nobel Prize for Literature \u201cfor her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.\u201d\n\nAccording to the Academy, her oeuvre \"confronts historical traumas and invisible sets of rules and, in each of her works, exposes the fragility of human life. She has a unique awareness of the connections between body and soul, the living and the dead, and in her poetic and experimental style has become an innovator in contemporary prose.\"\n\nKang, 53, is the daughter of the novelist Hang Seung-won and previously won the Man Booker International Prize for fiction in 2016 for \"The Vegetarian\", a novel about a woman's descent into mental illness and neglect from her family. It was the first of her books to be published in English.\n\nOther notable works include 2011\u2019s \u201cGreek Lessons\u201d, 2016\u2019s \u201cThe White Book\u201d and 2021\u2019s \u201cWe Do Not Part.\u201d\n\nThe author becomes only the 18th woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.\n\nShe succeeds Norwegian writer Jon Fosse, who received the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature, with Anders Olsson,\u00a0Chairman of the Nobel Committee, stating that Fosse \"combines strong local ties, both linguistic and geographic, with modernist artistic techniques.\u201d\u00a0\n\nThe Literature prize has long faced criticism that it is too focused on European and North American writers of style-heavy, story-light prose. It has also been male-dominated, with just now 18\u00a0women among its 119 laureates.\n\nThe last woman to win was France's Annie Ernaux in 2022.\n\nSix days of Nobel announcements opened Monday with Americans Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun winning the Medicine prize. Two founding fathers of machine learning \u2014 John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton \u2014 won the Physics prize\u00a0on Tuesday. Yesterday, three scientists who discovered powerful techniques to decode and even design novel proteins were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.\n\nThe prize carries a cash award of 11 million Swedish kronor (\u20ac967,000)\u00a0from a bequest left by the award\u2019s creator, Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel. The laureates are invited to receive their awards at ceremonies on 10 December, the anniversary of Nobel\u2019s death.\n\nThe Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Friday and the Economics award on 14 October.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>After three days of Nobel prizes honouring work in the sciences, the Literature award has been announced by the Nobel Committee at the Swedish Academy.<\/p>\n<p>South Korean author Han Kang\u00a0has won this year's Nobel Prize for Literature \u201cfor her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the Academy, her oeuvre \"confronts historical traumas and invisible sets of rules and, in each of her works, exposes the fragility of human life. She has a unique awareness of the connections between body and soul, the living and the dead, and in her poetic and experimental style has become an innovator in contemporary prose.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.7060478199718706\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//78//15//96//808x569_cmsv2_c53c7605-b2c1-5cfe-9606-d68266af25ca-8781596.jpg/" alt=\"South Korean author Han Kang during a news conference in Seoul - 2016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/15\/96\/384x271_cmsv2_c53c7605-b2c1-5cfe-9606-d68266af25ca-8781596.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/15\/96\/640x452_cmsv2_c53c7605-b2c1-5cfe-9606-d68266af25ca-8781596.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/15\/96\/750x530_cmsv2_c53c7605-b2c1-5cfe-9606-d68266af25ca-8781596.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/15\/96\/828x585_cmsv2_c53c7605-b2c1-5cfe-9606-d68266af25ca-8781596.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/15\/96\/1080x763_cmsv2_c53c7605-b2c1-5cfe-9606-d68266af25ca-8781596.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/15\/96\/1200x847_cmsv2_c53c7605-b2c1-5cfe-9606-d68266af25ca-8781596.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/15\/96\/1920x1356_cmsv2_c53c7605-b2c1-5cfe-9606-d68266af25ca-8781596.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">South Korean author Han Kang during a news conference in Seoul - 2016<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Lee Jin-man\/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Kang, 53, is the daughter of the novelist Hang Seung-won and previously won the Man Booker International Prize for fiction in 2016 for \"The Vegetarian\", a novel about a woman's descent into mental illness and neglect from her family. It was the first of her books to be published in English.<\/p>\n<p>Other notable works include 2011\u2019s \u201cGreek Lessons\u201d, 2016\u2019s \u201cThe White Book\u201d and 2021\u2019s \u201cWe Do Not Part.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The author becomes only the 18th woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//78//15//96//808x454_cmsv2_bf2462e4-2107-5249-b420-684c9abb594c-8781596.jpg/" alt=\"Swedish Academy&#39;s permanent secretary Mats Malm announces the winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/15\/96\/384x216_cmsv2_bf2462e4-2107-5249-b420-684c9abb594c-8781596.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/15\/96\/640x360_cmsv2_bf2462e4-2107-5249-b420-684c9abb594c-8781596.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/15\/96\/750x422_cmsv2_bf2462e4-2107-5249-b420-684c9abb594c-8781596.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/15\/96\/828x466_cmsv2_bf2462e4-2107-5249-b420-684c9abb594c-8781596.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/15\/96\/1080x608_cmsv2_bf2462e4-2107-5249-b420-684c9abb594c-8781596.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/15\/96\/1200x675_cmsv2_bf2462e4-2107-5249-b420-684c9abb594c-8781596.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/15\/96\/1920x1080_cmsv2_bf2462e4-2107-5249-b420-684c9abb594c-8781596.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Swedish Academy&#39;s permanent secretary Mats Malm announces the winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Jessica Gow\/TT News Agency via AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>She succeeds Norwegian writer <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//10//06//jon-fosse-a-guide-to-the-nobel-prize-winning-author/">Jon Fosse<\/strong><\/a>, who received the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature, with Anders Olsson,\u00a0Chairman of the Nobel Committee, stating that Fosse \"combines strong local ties, both linguistic and geographic, with modernist artistic techniques.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Literature prize has long faced criticism that it is too focused on European and North American writers of style-heavy, story-light prose. It has also been <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//12//07//nobel-prize-winner-annie-ernaux-says-men-need-to-change-now/">male-dominated, with just now 18\u00a0women among its 119 laureates.<\/p>\n<p>The last woman to win was France's <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//video//2022//10//06//french-author-annie-ernaux-wins-2022-nobel-prize-in-literature/">Annie Ernaux<\/strong><\/a> in 2022.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//78//15//96//808x454_cmsv2_1ecfc017-7969-5f39-9490-54329d9895b6-8781596.jpg/" alt=\"Nobel Prize medal\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/15\/96\/384x216_cmsv2_1ecfc017-7969-5f39-9490-54329d9895b6-8781596.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/15\/96\/640x360_cmsv2_1ecfc017-7969-5f39-9490-54329d9895b6-8781596.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/15\/96\/750x422_cmsv2_1ecfc017-7969-5f39-9490-54329d9895b6-8781596.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/15\/96\/828x466_cmsv2_1ecfc017-7969-5f39-9490-54329d9895b6-8781596.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/15\/96\/1080x608_cmsv2_1ecfc017-7969-5f39-9490-54329d9895b6-8781596.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/15\/96\/1200x675_cmsv2_1ecfc017-7969-5f39-9490-54329d9895b6-8781596.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/15\/96\/1920x1080_cmsv2_1ecfc017-7969-5f39-9490-54329d9895b6-8781596.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Nobel Prize medal<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Matt Dunham<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Six days of Nobel announcements opened Monday with Americans Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun winning the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2024//10//07//victor-ambros-and-gary-ruvkun-win-nobel-prize-in-medicine-for-microrna-discovery/">Medicine prize<\/strong><\/a>. Two founding fathers of machine learning \u2014 John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton \u2014 won the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//10//08//john-hopfield-and-geoffrey-hinton-win-nobel-prize-in-physics-for-work-on-neural-networks/">Physics prize<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0on Tuesday. Yesterday, three scientists who discovered powerful techniques to decode and even design novel proteins were awarded the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//10//09//nobel-prize-in-chemistry-awarded-to-david-baker-demis-hassabis-and-john-jumper-for-work-on#:~:text=Nobel%20Prize%20in%20chemistry%20awarded,for%20work%20on%20proteins%20%7C%20Euronews\"><strong>Nobel Prize in Chemistry<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The prize carries a cash award of 11 million Swedish kronor (\u20ac967,000)\u00a0from a bequest left by the award\u2019s creator, Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel. The laureates are invited to receive their awards at ceremonies on 10 December, the anniversary of Nobel\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>The Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Friday and the Economics award on 14 October.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1728547175,"updatedAt":1728569825,"publishedAt":1728558688,"firstPublishedAt":1728558688,"lastPublishedAt":1728565662,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/15\/96\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_471c83c2-ad22-5f9c-bf0b-7d57a0b0a4e1-8781596.jpg","altText":"The 2024 Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to South Korean author Han Kang","caption":"The 2024 Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to South Korean author Han Kang","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Lee 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WARNING","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"South Korea warns of possible North Korea nuclear test before US election","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"South Korea warns of possible North Korea nuclear test ","titleListing2":"South Korea warns of possible North Korea nuclear test before US election","leadin":"North Korea is likely to stage major provocations, such as a nuclear test explosion and a long-range missile test, before the US election South Korea\u2019s president says.","summary":"North Korea is likely to stage major provocations, such as a nuclear test explosion and a long-range missile test, before the US election South Korea\u2019s president says.","keySentence":"","url":"south-korea-warns-of-possible-north-korea-nuclear-test-before-us-election","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/10\/06\/south-korea-warns-of-possible-north-korea-nuclear-test-before-us-election","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Saturday that North Korea\u2019s recent disclosure of a nuclear facility was most likely an attempt to grab the attention of Washington in the run up to the election on November 5th.\n\n\u201cNorth Korea seems to have recently disclosed its nuclear facility in order to draw attention from the United States and the international community in the run-up to the U.S. presidential election, and it is likely that North Korea will carry out additional provocations such as nuclear tests and ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) launches,\u201d Yoon said.\n\nConcerns about North Korea have grown in recent weeks, with the country unveiling a secretive uranium-enrichment facility, vowing to build more nuclear weapons and continuing its provocative missile tests. Last week, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened to destroy South Korea with his nuclear weapons, if provoked.\n\nMany foreign experts say North Korea eventually hopes to use an expanded nuclear arsenal as leverage to win outside concessions like sanctions relief, after a new U.S. president is elected. They say Kim likely thinks a win by Republican candidate Donald Trump, whom he engaged in high-stakes nuclear diplomacy in 2018-19, would increase his chances to get what he wants more than Democratic candidate Kamala Harris. \n\nDuring campaigns, Trump boasted about his personal ties with Kim, but Harris has said she won\u2019t \u201ccozy up to tyrants and dictators like Kim Jong Un who are rooting for Trump.\u201d\n\nThe Sept. 13 disclosure of the nuclear site showed Kim\u2019s defiance of U.S.-led efforts to eliminate his advancing nuclear programme. It was North Korea\u2019s first unveiling of a facility to produce weapons-grade uranium since the country showed one at its main Yongbyon nuclear complex to visiting American scholars led by nuclear physicist Siegfried Hecker in 2010. Hecker said the centrifuge hall shown in the recent North Korean photos was not the same one that he saw in 2010.\n\nYoon didn\u2019t elaborate whether South Korea has detected any suspicious activities in North Korea that indicate its preparations for nuclear and ICBM tests. He said South Korea is closely monitoring North Korea\u2019s movements through the South Korea-U.S. combined intelligence and surveillance assets.\n\nNorth Korea has conducted six underground nuclear tests since 2006, and numerous ICBM test-launches in recent years. Additional tests are likely meant to further hone its nuclear and missile capabilities. Many observers assess North Korea has yet to possess functioning nuclear missiles that can reach the U.S. mainland, though it likely has ones that can strike all of South Korea and Japan.\n\nSince his inauguration in 2022, Yoon, a conservative, has made a stronger military alliance with the United States the centre of his foreign policy to cope with North Korea's evolving nuclear threats. He\u2019s also taken a major step toward moving beyond historical disputes with Japan to beef up a trilateral Seoul-Washington-Tokyo security partnership. Such moves have enraged North Korea, which has called Yoon \u201ca traitor\u201d and ignored his calls for dialogue. \n\nThere are some potential worries about the South Korea-U.S. alliance if Trump returns to the White House. He had previously asked South Korea to drastically increase its share for the cost of the U.S. military deployment on its soil. Some experts say Trump's possible push for a new round of negotiation with Kim could complicate Yoon's approach on North Korea's nuclear programme.\n\nBut Yoon said that he's confident that the \u201cironclad\u201d South Korea-U.S. alliance will continue to advance steadily regardless of the outcome of the U.S. election.\n\n\u201cThere is a firm bipartisan support for the ROK-U.S. alliance in the United States,\u201d Yoon said. \u201cNumerous leading U.S. Democrats and Republicans have publicly stated their staunch support for the alliance and are continuously visiting Korea for consultations to enhance the bilateral relations.\u201d\n\nThe ROK stands for the Republic of Korea, South Korea's formal name. \n\nYoon said he believes North Korea's nuclear threats against South Korea are aimed at fomenting internal divisions in South Korea and tightening its domestic control with heightened military tensions on the Korean Peninsula.\n\n\u201cThe North Korean regime\u2019s past claim that its nuclear development was never intended to target the Republic of Korea, since we are one nation, has been debunked,\u201d Yoon said.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Saturday that North Korea\u2019s recent disclosure of a nuclear facility was most likely an attempt to grab the attention of Washington in the run up to the election on November 5th.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNorth Korea seems to have recently disclosed its nuclear facility in order to draw attention from the United States and the international community in the run-up to the U.S. presidential election, and it is likely that North Korea will carry out additional provocations such as nuclear tests and ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) launches,\u201d Yoon said.<\/p>\n<p>Concerns about North Korea have grown in recent weeks, with the country unveiling a secretive uranium-enrichment facility, vowing to build more nuclear weapons and continuing its provocative missile tests. Last week, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened to destroy South Korea with his nuclear weapons, if provoked.<\/p>\n<p>Many foreign experts say North Korea eventually hopes to use an expanded nuclear arsenal as leverage to win outside concessions like sanctions relief, after a new U.S. president is elected. They say Kim likely thinks a win by Republican candidate Donald Trump, whom he engaged in high-stakes nuclear diplomacy in 2018-19, would increase his chances to get what he wants more than Democratic candidate Kamala Harris. <\/p>\n<p>During campaigns, Trump boasted about his personal ties with Kim, but Harris has said she won\u2019t \u201ccozy up to tyrants and dictators like Kim Jong Un who are rooting for Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Sept. 13 disclosure of the nuclear site showed Kim\u2019s defiance of U.S.-led efforts to eliminate his advancing nuclear programme. It was North Korea\u2019s first unveiling of a facility to produce weapons-grade uranium since the country showed one at its main Yongbyon nuclear complex to visiting American scholars led by nuclear physicist Siegfried Hecker in 2010. Hecker said the centrifuge hall shown in the recent North Korean photos was not the same one that he saw in 2010.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1834684131311018225\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Yoon didn\u2019t elaborate whether South Korea has detected any suspicious activities in North Korea that indicate its preparations for nuclear and ICBM tests. He said South Korea is closely monitoring North Korea\u2019s movements through the South Korea-U.S. combined intelligence and surveillance assets.<\/p>\n<p>North Korea has conducted six underground nuclear tests since 2006, and numerous ICBM test-launches in recent years. Additional tests are likely meant to further hone its nuclear and missile capabilities. Many observers assess North Korea has yet to possess functioning nuclear missiles that can reach the U.S. mainland, though it likely has ones that can strike all of South Korea and Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Since his inauguration in 2022, Yoon, a conservative, has made a stronger military alliance with the United States the centre of his foreign policy to cope with North Korea's evolving nuclear threats. He\u2019s also taken a major step toward moving beyond historical disputes with Japan to beef up a trilateral Seoul-Washington-Tokyo security partnership. Such moves have enraged North Korea, which has called Yoon \u201ca traitor\u201d and ignored his calls for dialogue. <\/p>\n<p>There are some potential worries about the South Korea-U.S. alliance if Trump returns to the White House. He had previously asked South Korea to drastically increase its share for the cost of the U.S. military deployment on its soil. Some experts say Trump's possible push for a new round of negotiation with Kim could complicate Yoon's approach on North Korea's nuclear programme.<\/p>\n<p>But Yoon said that he's confident that the \u201cironclad\u201d South Korea-U.S. alliance will continue to advance steadily regardless of the outcome of the U.S. election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a firm bipartisan support for the ROK-U.S. alliance in the United States,\u201d Yoon said. \u201cNumerous leading U.S. Democrats and Republicans have publicly stated their staunch support for the alliance and are continuously visiting Korea for consultations to enhance the bilateral relations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ROK stands for the Republic of Korea, South Korea's formal name. <\/p>\n<p>Yoon said he believes North Korea's nuclear threats against South Korea are aimed at fomenting internal divisions in South Korea and tightening its domestic control with heightened military tensions on the Korean Peninsula.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe North Korean regime\u2019s past claim that its nuclear development was never intended to target the Republic of Korea, since we are one nation, has been debunked,\u201d Yoon said.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1728196235,"updatedAt":1728201007,"publishedAt":1728198104,"firstPublishedAt":1728198104,"lastPublishedAt":1728198104,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/77\/35\/02\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_1d33039e-865b-5682-9fa8-50d6d82abbf8-8773502.jpg","altText":"FILE - In this photo released by North Korea its president Kim Jong Un, centre, walks around what it says is a Hwasong-17 missile at an undisclosed location, March 24th 2022","caption":"FILE - In this photo released by North Korea its president Kim Jong Un, centre, walks around what it says is a Hwasong-17 missile at an undisclosed location, March 24th 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Korea"},"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":["84111001","84112005","84211001","84212001"],"slugs":["law_gov_t_and_politics_legal_politics","law_government_and_politics","society","society_general"]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"path":"\/2024\/10\/06\/south-korea-warns-of-possible-north-korea-nuclear-test-before-us-election","lastModified":1728198104},{"id":2643578,"cid":8763688,"versionId":2,"archive":0,"housenumber":"241001_NWSU_56644145","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"SOUTH KOREA MISSILE","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"South Korea unveils most powerful missile which could reach North Korea underground bunkers","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"South Korea unveils most powerful missile","titleListing2":"South Korea unveils most powerful missile which could reach North Korea underground bunkers","leadin":"\"If North Korea attempts to use nuclear weapons, it will face the resolute and overwhelming response of our military and the (South Korea)-US alliance,\" President Yoon Suk Yeol said.","summary":"\"If North Korea attempts to use nuclear weapons, it will face the resolute and overwhelming response of our military and the (South Korea)-US alliance,\" President Yoon Suk Yeol said.","keySentence":"","url":"south-korea-unveils-most-powerful-missile-which-could-reach-north-korea-underground-bunker","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/10\/01\/south-korea-unveils-most-powerful-missile-which-could-reach-north-korea-underground-bunker","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"South Korea has unveiled its most powerful ballistic missile and other weapons targeting North Korea during a massive Armed Forces Day ceremony, as the South's president warned that the North's regime would collapse if it attempted to use nuclear weapons.\n\nSouth Korea's weapons displays and warning against North Korea on Tuesday came after its northern rival recently rose regional animosities by disclosing its uranium-enrichment facility and tested missiles ahead of the US presidential election in November.\n\n\"If North Korea attempts to use nuclear weapons, it will face the resolute and overwhelming response of our military and the (South Korea)-US alliance,\" President Yoon Suk Yeol told thousands of troops gathered at a military airport near Seoul. \"That day will be the end of the North Korean regime.\"\n\n\"The North Korean regime must abandon the delusion that nuclear weapons will protect them,\" Yoon said.\n\nDuring the ceremony, the South Korean military displayed about 340 military equipment and weapons systems. Among them was its most powerful Hyunmoo-5 ballistic missile, which observers say is capable of carrying about eight tons (7,257kg) of a conventional warhead that can penetrate deep into the earth and destroy underground bunkers in North Korea. It was the first time for South Korea to disclose that missile.\n\nThe US flew a long-range B-1B bomber during the ceremony in an apparent demonstration of its security commitment to its Asian ally. South Korea also flew some of its most advanced fighter jets.\n\nLater on Tuesday, South Korea will parade its troops and weapons through the streets of Seoul, the capital, as part of efforts to boost military morale and demonstrate its deterrence capabilities against potential North Korean aggressions.\n\nAlso on Tuesday, South Korea launched its strategic command that officials say integrates South Korea's conventional capabilities with US nuclear weapons. South Korea has no nuclear weapons.\n\nSince taking office in 2022, Yoon, a conservative, has put a stronger military alliance with the US and an improved trilateral Seoul-Washington-Tokyo security cooperation at the center of his security polices to cope with North Korea\u2019s advancing nuclear programme.\n\nIn recent years, North Korea has performed a provocative of missile tests and threatened to use nuclear weapons preemptively in potential conflicts with South Korea and the United States.\n\nLast month, concerns about North Korea's bomb program further grew after it published photos of a secretive facility to enrich uranium for nuclear weapons. It was North Korea's first unveiling of a uranium enrichment facility since it showed one at the country's main Yongbyon nuclear complex to visiting American scholars in 2010.\n\nSouth Korean officials say North Korea will likely try to further dial up tensions with provocative weapons tests ahead of the US election to increase its leverage in future diplomacy with a new US government. \n\nExperts say North Korea likely thinks an expanded nuclear arsenal would help it win bigger US concessions like extensive sanctions relief.\n\nEarlier Tuesday, North Korea's vice defence minister, Kim Kang Il, slammed the US for its temporary deployments of powerful military assets to South Korea and vowed strong responses. He cited the recent visit of a US nuclear-powered submarine and Tuesday's B-1B flyover.\n\nKim threatened to bolster North Korea's \"powerful war deterrent\", an apparent reference to its nuclear capability, and take unspecified steps to stoke security concerns to the security of the US mainland. \n\nObservers say his comments implies North Korea may consider test-firing an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the US mainland.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>South Korea has unveiled its most powerful ballistic missile and other weapons targeting North Korea during a massive Armed Forces Day ceremony, as the South's president warned that the North's regime would collapse if it attempted to use nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea's weapons displays and warning against North Korea on Tuesday came after its northern rival recently rose regional animosities by disclosing its uranium-enrichment facility and tested missiles ahead of the US presidential election in November.<\/p>\n<p>\"If North Korea attempts to use nuclear weapons, it will face the resolute and overwhelming response of our military and the (South Korea)-US alliance,\" President Yoon Suk Yeol told thousands of troops gathered at a military airport near Seoul. \"That day will be the end of the North Korean regime.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"The North Korean regime must abandon the delusion that nuclear weapons will protect them,\" Yoon said.<\/p>\n<p>During the ceremony, the South Korean military displayed about 340 military equipment and weapons systems. Among them was its most powerful Hyunmoo-5 ballistic missile, which observers say is capable of carrying about eight tons (7,257kg) of a conventional warhead that can penetrate deep into the earth and destroy underground bunkers in North Korea. It was the first time for South Korea to disclose that missile.<\/p>\n<p>The US flew a long-range B-1B bomber during the ceremony in an apparent demonstration of its security commitment to its Asian ally. South Korea also flew some of its most advanced fighter jets.<\/p>\n<p>Later on Tuesday, South Korea will parade its troops and weapons through the streets of Seoul, the capital, as part of efforts to boost military morale and demonstrate its deterrence capabilities against potential North Korean aggressions.<\/p>\n<p>Also on Tuesday, South Korea launched its strategic command that officials say integrates South Korea's conventional capabilities with US nuclear weapons. South Korea has no nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//76//36//88//808x539_cmsv2_0369665e-39e0-592b-a051-79f389fb8a52-8763688.jpg/" alt=\"South Korean military helicopters fly over armoured vehicles during the media day for the 76th anniversary of Armed Forces Day at Seoul air base in Seongnam, Sept. 25, 2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/76\/36\/88\/384x256_cmsv2_0369665e-39e0-592b-a051-79f389fb8a52-8763688.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/76\/36\/88\/640x427_cmsv2_0369665e-39e0-592b-a051-79f389fb8a52-8763688.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/76\/36\/88\/750x500_cmsv2_0369665e-39e0-592b-a051-79f389fb8a52-8763688.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/76\/36\/88\/828x552_cmsv2_0369665e-39e0-592b-a051-79f389fb8a52-8763688.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/76\/36\/88\/1080x720_cmsv2_0369665e-39e0-592b-a051-79f389fb8a52-8763688.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/76\/36\/88\/1200x800_cmsv2_0369665e-39e0-592b-a051-79f389fb8a52-8763688.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/76\/36\/88\/1920x1281_cmsv2_0369665e-39e0-592b-a051-79f389fb8a52-8763688.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">South Korean military helicopters fly over armoured vehicles during the media day for the 76th anniversary of Armed Forces Day at Seoul air base in Seongnam, Sept. 25, 2024<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Ahn Young-joon\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8728368,8647918\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//08//12//north-korea-is-flying-trash-filled-balloons-across-the-border-again-seoul-says/">North Korea is flying trash-filled balloons across the border again, Seoul says<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//09//13//north-korea-gives-glimpse-of-secretive-uranium-facility-as-kim-pushes-for-more-nukes/">North Korea gives glimpse of secretive uranium facility as Kim pushes for more nukes<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Since taking office in 2022, Yoon, a conservative, has put a stronger military alliance with the US and an improved trilateral Seoul-Washington-Tokyo security cooperation at the center of his security polices to cope with North Korea\u2019s advancing nuclear programme.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, North Korea has performed a provocative of missile tests and threatened to use nuclear weapons preemptively in potential conflicts with South Korea and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, concerns about North Korea's bomb program further grew after it published photos of a secretive facility to enrich uranium for nuclear weapons. It was North Korea's first unveiling of a uranium enrichment facility since it showed one at the country's main Yongbyon nuclear complex to visiting American scholars in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>South Korean officials say North Korea will likely try to further dial up tensions with provocative weapons tests ahead of the US election to increase its leverage in future diplomacy with a new US government. <\/p>\n<p>Experts say North Korea likely thinks an expanded nuclear arsenal would help it win bigger US concessions like extensive sanctions relief.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier Tuesday, North Korea's vice defence minister, Kim Kang Il, slammed the US for its temporary deployments of powerful military assets to South Korea and vowed strong responses. He cited the recent visit of a US nuclear-powered submarine and Tuesday's B-1B flyover.<\/p>\n<p>Kim threatened to bolster North Korea's \"powerful war deterrent\", an apparent reference to its nuclear capability, and take unspecified steps to stoke security concerns to the security of the US mainland. <\/p>\n<p>Observers say his comments implies North Korea may consider test-firing an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the US mainland.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1727763473,"updatedAt":1727765746,"publishedAt":1727764162,"firstPublishedAt":1727764162,"lastPublishedAt":1727764358,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/76\/36\/88\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_d1896aac-bee5-54ef-91e5-fd187b6b7374-8763688.jpg","altText":"A South Korean army Apache helicopter fires flares during a celebration to mark 76th anniversary of Korea Armed Forces Day, in Seongnam, South Korea, Tuesday, Oct.1, 2024","caption":"A South Korean army Apache helicopter fires flares during a celebration to mark 76th anniversary of Korea Armed Forces Day, in Seongnam, South Korea, Tuesday, Oct.1, 2024","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Kim Hong-Ji\/AP","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":683},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/76\/36\/88\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_0369665e-39e0-592b-a051-79f389fb8a52-8763688.jpg","altText":null,"caption":null,"captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":683}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":7828,"slug":"south-korea","urlSafeValue":"south-korea","title":"South Korea","titleRaw":"South Korea"},{"id":366,"slug":"north-korea","urlSafeValue":"north-korea","title":"North Korea","titleRaw":"North Korea"},{"id":4687,"slug":"army","urlSafeValue":"army","title":"Army","titleRaw":"Army"},{"id":7306,"slug":"military","urlSafeValue":"military","title":"Military","titleRaw":"Military"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"image","count":1},{"slug":"related","count":1}],"related":[],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":"AP","additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"Euronews","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":12,"urlSafeValue":"asia","title":"Asia"},"country":{"id":258,"urlSafeValue":"south-korea","title":"South Korea","url":"\/news\/asia\/south-korea"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":["80023001","80122009","80222009","84111001","84112005","84211001","84212001"],"slugs":["aggregated_all_moderate_content","human_made_disasters_high_and_medium_risk","human_made_disasters_high_medium_and_low_risk","law_gov_t_and_politics_legal_politics","law_government_and_politics","society","society_general"]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"path":"\/2024\/10\/01\/south-korea-unveils-most-powerful-missile-which-could-reach-north-korea-underground-bunker","lastModified":1727764358},{"id":2637458,"cid":8749066,"versionId":2,"archive":0,"housenumber":"240923_CISU_56579020","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"Culture - Korean shooter acting","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Viral South Korean Olympic shooter Kim Ye-ji lands first acting role as an assassin","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Viral Korean Olympic shooter lands first acting role as an assassin","titleListing2":"Viral Korean Olympic shooter lands first acting role as an assassin","leadin":"Having risen to global social media stardom during the Olympics, Kim Ye-ji will soon be making her acting debut, hitting screens in upcoming spinoff series \u2018Crush\u2019.","summary":"Having risen to global social media stardom during the Olympics, Kim Ye-ji will soon be making her acting debut, hitting screens in upcoming spinoff series \u2018Crush\u2019.","keySentence":"","url":"viral-south-korean-olympic-shooter-kim-ye-ji-lands-first-acting-role-as-an-assassin","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2024\/09\/23\/viral-south-korean-olympic-shooter-kim-ye-ji-lands-first-acting-role-as-an-assassin","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"South Korean pistol shooter Kim Ye-ji took home a silver medal at the Paris Olympics, as well as winning over the internet with her style and cool demeanour. Now the viral star has won an acting job to match her calm and collected air: an assassin.\n\nThe 32-year-old, who took silver in the women's 10m air pistol in July and won fame for her wire-rimmed shooting glasses and baseball cap (worn with a certain \u2018main character energy\u2019), will play an assassin in \u2018Crush\u2019 \u2013 a spinoff short-form series of the global film project 'Asia' \u2013 Seoul-based entertainment company Asia Lab told AFP last week.\n\n\u2018Asia\u2019, directed by Asia Lab CEO Lee Jung-sub, follows the stories of individuals tackling racism and discrimination.\n\nIts cast of American and Asian actors includes such names as Indian megastar television actress and model Anushka Sen.\n\nIn a separate statement, Asia Lab said it was excited to witness \"the potential synergy that will arise from Kim Ye-ji and Anushka Sen's new transformation into a killer duo\".\n\nAsia Lab weren\u2019t the only ones to notice the shooter\u2019s potential for acting fame, with celebrities such as Elon Musk praising her star quality.\n\n\"She should be cast in an action movie. No acting required!\" Musk wrote on his social media platform X.\n\nThe big question is: could equally internet-famous Turkish Olympic shooter Yusuf Dike\u00e7 be the perfect (acting) partner in crime? That\u2019s a series we\u2019d definitely watch.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>South Korean pistol shooter Kim Ye-ji took home a silver medal at the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//09//04//why-the-paris-olympics-and-paralympics-deserves-a-musical-album/">Paris Olympics<\/strong><\/a>, as well as winning over the internet with her style and cool demeanour. Now the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//08//09//meet-the-athletes-who-became-viral-sensations-during-the-paris-olympics/">viral star<\/strong><\/a> has won an acting job to match her calm and collected air: an assassin.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old, who took silver in the women's 10m air pistol in July and won fame for her wire-rimmed shooting glasses and baseball cap (worn with a certain \u2018main character energy\u2019), will play an assassin in \u2018Crush\u2019 \u2013 a spinoff short-form series of the global film project 'Asia' \u2013 Seoul-based entertainment company Asia Lab told AFP last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Asia\u2019, directed by Asia Lab CEO Lee Jung-sub, follows the stories of individuals tackling <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//08//05//artists-react-to-far-right-riots-in-the-uk-more-than-thuggery-it-is-violent-racism/">racism and discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>Its cast of American and Asian actors includes such names as Indian megastar television actress and model Anushka Sen.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate statement, Asia Lab said it was excited to witness \"the potential synergy that will arise from Kim Ye-ji and Anushka Sen's new transformation into a killer duo\".<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//74//90//66//808x539_cmsv2_8019e112-6598-52f7-a628-27630f504c17-8749066.jpg/" alt=\"South Korean pistol shooter Kim Ye-ji won particular fame after a video clip from an earlier competition went viral.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/74\/90\/66\/384x256_cmsv2_8019e112-6598-52f7-a628-27630f504c17-8749066.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/74\/90\/66\/640x427_cmsv2_8019e112-6598-52f7-a628-27630f504c17-8749066.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/74\/90\/66\/750x500_cmsv2_8019e112-6598-52f7-a628-27630f504c17-8749066.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/74\/90\/66\/828x552_cmsv2_8019e112-6598-52f7-a628-27630f504c17-8749066.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/74\/90\/66\/1080x720_cmsv2_8019e112-6598-52f7-a628-27630f504c17-8749066.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/74\/90\/66\/1200x800_cmsv2_8019e112-6598-52f7-a628-27630f504c17-8749066.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/74\/90\/66\/1920x1281_cmsv2_8019e112-6598-52f7-a628-27630f504c17-8749066.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">South Korean pistol shooter Kim Ye-ji won particular fame after a video clip from an earlier competition went viral.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Manish Swarup\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Asia Lab weren\u2019t the only ones to notice the shooter\u2019s potential for acting fame, with celebrities such as Elon Musk praising her star quality.<\/p>\n<p>\"She should be cast in an action movie. No acting required!\" Musk wrote on his social media platform X.<\/p>\n<p>The big question is: could equally internet-famous <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//08//01//the-star-we-didnt-know-we-needed-turkish-olympic-shooter-yusuf-dikec-takes-the-internet-by/">Turkish Olympic shooter Yusuf Dike\u00e7<\/strong><\/a> be the perfect (acting) partner in crime? 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for South Korean climate activists as government ordered to improve carbon cutting plans","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"South Koreans win legal case against government in Asian first","titleListing2":"Court orders South Korea to specify plans to cut carbon emissions through 2049","leadin":"It is the first ever legal case in East Asia challenging national climate policies so it could set a precedent.","summary":"It is the first ever legal case in East Asia challenging national climate policies so it could set a precedent.","keySentence":"","url":"victory-for-south-korean-climate-activists-as-government-ordered-to-improve-carbon-cutting","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2024\/08\/29\/victory-for-south-korean-climate-activists-as-government-ordered-to-improve-carbon-cutting","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"South Korea\u2019s government has been told they must be more specific in how they will meet their 2049 climate goals.\n\nThe ruling comes off the back of four climate cases raised by 254 plaintiffs, one of whom was an unborn baby when the case was filed.\n\nIt represents a partial victory for climate campaigners who say the country\u2019s failure to cut emissions faster is a violation of their human rights.\n\nWhat is in the ruling?\n\nOn Thursday, South Korea\u2019s Constitutional Court ordered the government to back its climate goals with more concrete plans for action between now and 2049. \n\nThe court did not require South Korea\u2019s government to set up a more ambitious 2030 target under its carbon neutrality act and also rejected the plaintiffs\u2019 calls for more specific plans to ensure implementation, saying that they failed to demonstrate that the policy was unconstitutional.\n\nHowever, the court did uphold the plaintiffs\u2019 argument that the country needed to establish plans for cutting emissions between 2031 and 2049 and ordered the government to modify its carbon neutrality law by 28 February 2026, to include such plans.\n\nThe South Korean government didn\u2019t immediately comment to the ruling.\n\nWhy did South Koreans sue their government over climate change?\n\nThe court, which weighs the constitutionality of laws, issued the assessment while ruling on four climate cases raised by 254 plaintiffs, including many young people who were children or teenagers when they began filing the complaints against the government and lawmakers in 2020.\n\nThey argued that South Korea\u2019s current goal of cutting carbon emissions by 35 per cent from 2018 levels by 2030 is inadequate to manage the impact of climate change and that such objectives weren\u2019t backed by sufficient implementation plans.\n\nThey also pointed out that the country has yet to establish plans to reduce carbon emissions after 2031, despite its outstanding goals of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. \n\nThe plaintiffs claimed that South Korea\u2019s allegedly lax climate policies violate their human rights by leaving them vulnerable to future deteriorations in the environment and climate-related harm.\n\nWhat impact could the case have in South Korea and beyond?\n\nSpeaking at the time the latest case was filed, Sejong Youn, a legal counsel for the case in Seoul told \u2018Nature\u2019 journal:\n\n\u201cIf we have a favourable precedent in South Korea, I think that will really be a trigger in spreading this trend,\u201d \n\n\u201cIt will send a message: all countries need to take action in order to tackle this global crisis, and there are no exceptions,\u201d he said.\n\nLitigation tends to be seen as a last resort in East Asian countries. But researchers say a successful outcome will embolden others in the region to act.\n\n\u201cEven if you lose this time, you can lose beautifully in the sense that you provoked social awareness,\u201d Dr Zhu told the journal. \u201cThe very fact that this case went to the constitutional court - that is already a certain sense of success.\u201d\n\n","htmlText":"<p>South Korea\u2019s government has been told they must be more specific in how they will meet their 2049 climate goals.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling comes off the back of four climate cases raised by 254 plaintiffs, one of whom was an unborn baby when the case was filed.<\/p>\n<p>It represents a partial victory for climate campaigners who say the country\u2019s failure to cut emissions faster is a violation of their human rights.<\/p>\n<h2>What is in the ruling?<\/h2><p>On Thursday, South Korea\u2019s Constitutional Court ordered the government to back its climate goals with more concrete plans for action between now and 2049. <\/p>\n<p>The court did not require South Korea\u2019s government to set up a more ambitious 2030 target under its carbon neutrality act and also rejected the plaintiffs\u2019 calls for more specific plans to ensure implementation, saying that they failed to demonstrate that the policy was unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p>However, the court did uphold the plaintiffs\u2019 argument that the country needed to establish plans for <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//04//20//telia-porsche-currys-which-european-companies-are-leading-on-climate-action/">cutting emissions<\/strong><\/a> between 2031 and 2049 and ordered the government to modify its carbon neutrality law by 28 February 2026, to include such plans.<\/p>\n<p>The South Korean government didn\u2019t immediately comment to the ruling.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8662578,8418212\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//05//06//in-the-european-court-of-human-rights-we-won-a-victory-for-generations/">In the European Court of Human Rights, we won a victory for generations<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//08//19//top-un-court-sets-date-for-landmark-hearings-on-countries-climate-obligations/">Countries' climate obligations could be legally defined at top UN court in December<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Why did South Koreans sue their government over climate change?<\/h2><p>The court, which weighs the constitutionality of laws, issued the assessment while ruling on four climate cases raised by 254 plaintiffs, including many young people who were children or teenagers when they began filing the complaints against the government and lawmakers in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>They argued that South Korea\u2019s current goal of cutting <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//05//31//fact-check-will-the-french-ban-on-domestic-flights-make-a-big-difference-to-carbon-emissio/">carbon emissions<\/strong><\/a> by 35 per cent from 2018 levels by 2030 is inadequate to manage the impact of climate change and that such objectives weren\u2019t backed by sufficient implementation plans.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8447702\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//05//20//this-baby-is-in-the-pursuit-of-happiness-are-south-koreas-climate-goals-stopping-him/">This baby is in the pursuit of happiness. Are South Korea\u2019s climate goals stopping him?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>They also pointed out that the country has yet to establish plans to reduce <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//09//22//activists-take-over-billboards-to-call-out-impact-of-flying-on-global-carbon-emissions/">carbon emissions<\/strong><\/a> after 2031, despite its outstanding goals of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. <\/p>\n<p>The plaintiffs claimed that South Korea\u2019s allegedly lax climate policies violate their human rights by leaving them vulnerable to future deteriorations in the environment and climate-related harm.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"7479176,7448276\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//03//22//now-we-sue-the-state-greta-thunberg-joins-youth-activists-suing-the-swedish-government/">/u2018Now we sue the state\u2019: Greta Thunberg joins activists in lawsuit against Swedish government<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//03//07//behind-the-scenes-with-the-environmental-lawyers-who-are-taking-shells-board-of-directors-/">Behind the scenes with the environmental lawyers who are taking Shell\u2019s Board of Directors to court<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>What impact could the case have in South Korea and beyond?<\/h2><p>Speaking at the time the latest case was filed, Sejong Youn, a legal counsel for the case in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//01//10//its-time-to-rally-around-south-koreas-bold-stance-to-end-the-dog-meat-industry/">Seoul told \u2018Nature\u2019 journal:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we have a favourable precedent in South Korea, I think that will really be a trigger in spreading this trend,\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will send a message: all countries need to take action in order to tackle this global crisis, and there are no exceptions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Litigation tends to be seen as a last resort in East Asian countries. 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