For decades, South Korea has been one of the most important U.S. allies in Asia — not only because nearly 30,000 American troops are stationed there, but also because it stands as a beacon of democracy in a region where powerful authoritarian nation
President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived declaration of martial law and the ensuing political uncertainty have created a constitutional crisis like South Koreans haven’t seen since their country democratized in the late 1980s. Mr. Yoon has been ba
South Korea’s government was paralyzed Sunday, mired in a new constitutional crisis after President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea clung to his officejilimacao, but his own party’s leader suggested that he had already been ousted from power. Mr. Yoon
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DOJ wants no overlap with ICC MANILA, Philippines The Department of Justice (DOJ), through its newly formed task force, is now investigating former president Rodrigo Dutertes possible culpability for the killing of thousands in his drug war, based o