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February 18, 2025 at 7:43 AM

Death of South Korean actor at 24 sparks discussion on social media, internet culture

South Korean actor Kim Sae-ron’s death this week has triggered an outpouring of grief and calls for changes to the way the country’s celebrities are treated in the public arena and on social media, which critics say can foster a culture of harassment
February 18, 2025 at 7:43 AM
South Korean actor Kim Sae-ron arrives at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 5, 2023. (Yonhap via AP)
February 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM

Five are missing after a fishing boat capsizes off a South Korean island

Officials say five people are missing after a fishing boat capsized off South Korea’s Jeju island on Wednesday
February 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
January 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM

South Korean president indicted on insurrection charges

Yoon declared martial law in a televised speech on Dec. 3.
January 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Supporters of South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol attend a rally on a road near the Constitutional Court in Seoul on Jan. 23, 2025, after Yoon arrived at the court for hearings that will decide whether to remove him from office.
1 month ago

After a weekslong confrontation, South Korea's impeached president Yoon is detained

South Korean police detained impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol at his residence in Seoul on Wednesday local time, ABC News confirmed.
1 month ago
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol delivers an address to the nation at the Presidential Office in Seoul, South Korea, December 12, 2024.
1 month ago

South Korea’s impeached president Yoon is detained

The detention comes weeks after investigators first attempted to arrest President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived declaration of martial law in December. ABC News’ Joohee Cho reports.
1 month ago
VIDEO: South Korea’s impeached president Yoon is detained
1 month ago

Impeached South Korean president detained after weeks-long confrontation

South Korean police detained impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol at his residence in Seoul on Wednesday local time, ABC News confirmed.
1 month ago
South Korean police detained impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol at his residence in Seoul on Wednesday local time, ABC News confirmed.
1 month ago

Black box in South Korea plane crash missing crucial data

Authorities say both of the plane’s black boxes stopped working four minutes before the 737 tried to land in a major setback for the investigation into the crash.
1 month ago
VIDEO: Black box in South Korea plane crash missing crucial data
1 month ago

Court reissues warrant for impeached South Korean president

Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol’s lawyer said he still strongly believes that the Corruption Investigation Office's execution of the arrest warrant is illegitimate.
1 month ago
Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol’s lawyer said he still strongly believes that the Corruption Investigation Office's execution of the arrest warrant is illegitimate.
1 month ago

Court reissues warrant for impeached South Korean president, who remains at residence

Seoul Western District Court on Tuesday night reissued a warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol.
1 month ago
A supporter of impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol stands next to an extendable police barrier in front of a picture of Yoon displayed on a large monitor, expressing Korean words of encouragement for Yoon, during a rally near his residence in Seoul on Jan. 8, 2025.
1 month ago

'Another violation,' Blinken says of North Korean launch as he visits South Korea

The JCS said the South Korean military has heightened surveillance for additional launches and maintaining a readiness posture to share info with the U.S. and Japan.
1 month ago
A man walks past a TV broadcasting a news report on North Korea firing a ballistic missile out to sea off its east coast, in Seoul, South Korea, Jan. 6, 2025.
1 month ago

Protesters gather at impeached South Korean president's residence

Thousands of South Korean citizens gathered on Sunday near impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol's residence a day before an arrest warrant for him expires. ABC News’ Britt Clennett reports.
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With a day left, South Korean anti-corruption agency urges police to arrest president

With the arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol expiring on Monday, the South Korean anti-corruption agency asked police to detain the embattled leader.
1 month ago
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol delivers an address to the nation at the Presidential Office in Seoul, South Korea, December 12, 2024.
1 month ago

Protesters gather at impeached South Korean president's residence

Thousands of South Korean citizens were gathering on Sunday near impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol’s residence a day before an arrest warrant for him expires.
1 month ago
Supporters of impeached South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol react to Christian devotional songs played during a rally near his residence as snow falls in Seoul on Jan. 5, 2025.
2 months ago

South Korean investigators drop effort to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol

Police vehicles and crowds of the impeached president's backers were seen outside his home in the South Korean capital.
2 months ago
Police vehicles and crowds of the impeached president's backers were seen outside his home in the South Korean capital. Photos showed protesters lying down in front of police in an attempt to block authorities from the residence.
2 months ago

South Korean investigators abandon effort to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol

South Korea’s anti-corruption agency dispatched investigators to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday.
2 months ago
Supporters of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol stage a rally to oppose a court having issued a warrant to detain Yoon, as police offices stand guard near the presidential residence in Seoul, Jan. 3, 2025.
2 months ago

Investigators comb South Korean runway following deadly Jeju Air plane crash

Some investigators were on their hands and knees, combing for forensic evidence around the crash site at Muan International Airport. Sunday's crash killed 179 people, leaving two survivors.
2 months ago
VIDEO: Investigators comb South Korean runway following deadly Jeju Air plane crash
2 months ago

Survivor speaks out after deadly plane crash in South Korea

One of the two Jeju Air crew members who survived the Boeing 737 crash and is recovering in the ICU told doctors that when he woke up, he had already been rescued.
2 months ago
VIDEO: Survivor speaks out after deadly plane crash in South Korea
2 months ago

Investigators comb runway, searching for answers in deadly South Korean plane crash

After a deadly plane crash in South Korea, authorities are conducting a full investigation on 101 of the same model of aircraft that are operating in six local airlines.
2 months ago
Police forensics personnel and National Bureau of Investigation officials work at the scene where a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 aircraft crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, on Dec. 31, 2024.
2 months ago

1 of 2 survivors of deadly South Korea jet crash is alert and talking

A flight attendant, one of just two survivors of the Jeju Air plane crash in South Korea on Sunday that killed 179 people, is awake and talking, a hospital official said.
2 months ago
Firefighters and rescue personnel work near the wreckage of a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 series aircraft after the plane crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport in South Jeolla Province, Dec. 29, 2024.
2 months ago

Investigators probe cause of South Korean plane crash

A team from the NTSB joined South Korean investigators to figure out what led to Sunday's crash, which killed 179 people. Only two people -- both flight attendants -- survived the Jeju Air crash.
2 months ago
VIDEO: Investigators probe cause of South Korean plane crash
2 months ago

Aviation expert on possible causes of South Korean jet crash

ABC News’ Stephanie Ramos speaks to pilot and aviation expert John Nance on what clues investigators are studying in the South Korea plane crash that claimed 179 lives.
2 months ago
VIDEO: Aviation expert on possible causes of South Korean jet crash
2 months ago

Arrest warrant issued for South Korea's impeached President Yoon

South Korean investigators' request for an arrest and search warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was approved by the court.
2 months ago
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol delivers an address to the nation at the Presidential Office in Seoul, South Korea, December 12, 2024.
2 months ago

What to know about the deadly Jeju Air plane crash

ABC News contributor and aviation consultant Col. Steve Ganyard breaks down the latest on the Jeju Air flight 2216 crash in South Korea.
2 months ago
VIDEO: What to know about the deadly Jeju Air plane crash
2 months ago

Mystery grows over deadly South Korea plane crash

Investigators are trying to determine what happened in the moments before a Boeing flight skidded off the runway, killing 179 people on board.
2 months ago
VIDEO: Mystery grows over deadly South Korea plane crash
2 months ago

South Korean President Yoon could be arrested over martial law declaration

Officials are seeking to arrest him on insurrection and abuse of power charges.
2 months ago
Officials are seeking to arrest him on insurrection and abuse of power charges.
2 months ago

179 dead in South Korean plane crash

U.S. federal officials have joined the investigation into the Jeju Air plane that was landing at Muan International Airport when it went off the runway and crashed into a wall.
2 months ago
VIDEO: 179 dead in South Korean plane crash
2 months ago

2 survivors recovering as South Korean officials probe Jeju Air plane crash

Authorities in South Korea were working on Monday to confirm the identities of more than three dozen of the 179 passengers who were killed when a Jeju Air plane crashed.
2 months ago
Firefighters and recovery teams work at the scene where a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 series aircraft crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport in Muan, some 288 kilometres southwest of Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 30, 2024.
2 months ago

Boeing 737 crash lands at airport in South Korea

The Jeju Air flight came in with no landing gear deployed, skidding at high speed before plowing into a wall and erupting into flames.
2 months ago
VIDEO: Boeing 737 crash lands at airport in South Korea
2 months ago

179 dead, 2 rescued after plane crashes while landing in South Korea

179 people are dead after an airplane veered off a runway upon landing at an airport in South Korea on Sunday morning, according to local media.
2 months ago
Firefighters and rescue team members work near the wreckage of a passenger plane at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024.
2 months ago

2 rescued, 179 dead in South Korean plane crash

ABC’s Gio Benitez reports on the plane crash in South Korea on “This Week.”
2 months ago
VIDEO: 2 rescued, 179 dead in South Korean plane crash
2 months ago

179 dead after plane crash in South Korea

ABC News Contributor John Nance joins Live to discuss the Jeju Air flight 2216 crash.
2 months ago
VIDEO: 179 dead after plane crash in South Korea
2 months ago

South Korean passenger plane crash-lands, killing scores

ABC News' contributor and aviation analyst John Nance discusses the deadly crash-landing, which authorities said killed at least 176 people.
2 months ago
VIDEO: South Korean passenger plane crash-lands, killing scores
2 months ago

South Korea’s National Assembly impeaches acting president

The vote took place just 13 days after the country’s prime minister, Han Duk-soo, began his role as acting president.
2 months ago
VIDEO: South Korea’s National Assembly impeaches acting president
2 months ago

Party leader resigns after South Korean president’s martial law declaration

The South Korean National Assembly voted on Saturday to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol in a divisive vote.
2 months ago
Policemen stand guard in front of the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 16, 2024.
2 months ago

South Korea's ruling party leader resigns

The resignation comes two days after President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment vote.
2 months ago
The resignation comes two days after President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment vote.
2 months ago

Thousands celebrate in Seoul after South Korean president impeached

South Korea’s parliament voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol after he sent troops to the National Assembly during his attempt to enforce martial law.
2 months ago
VIDEO: Thousands celebrate in Seoul after South Korean president impeached
2 months ago

South Korea passes impeachment bill on President Yoon Suk Yeol

The South Korean National Assembly has voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday in a divisive vote.
2 months ago
Protesters calling for the ouster of South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol gather for the second martial law impeachment vote outside the National Assembly in Seoul on December 14, 2024. South Korean lawmakers on December 14 voted to remove President Yoon Suk Yeol from office for his failed attempt to impose martial law last week. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP) (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)
2 months ago

South Korean president impeached over martial law

South Korea’s national assembly voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol, suspending him from office after his declaration of martial law that plunged the country into political turmoil.
2 months ago
VIDEO: South Korean president impeached over martial law
2 months ago

Seoul invests millions to become 'city without loneliness'

Officials in Seoul, South Korea, plan to spend $327 million over the next 5 years to battle loneliness.
2 months ago
A restaurant owner waits for customers at her empty restaurant in Seoul, South Korea, Oct. 31, 2024.
2 months ago

South Korea's ruling conservative party leader in favor of impeaching President Yoon

The opposition parties moved to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol last week but failed.
2 months ago
The opposition parties moved to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol last week but failed
2 months ago

'Unimaginable situation': South Korea endures fallout from martial law effort

President Yoon Suk Yeol listed numerous grievances against opposition lawmakers in an effort to justify his actions.
2 months ago
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol delivers an address to the nation at the Presidential Office in Seoul, South Korea, December 12, 2024.
2 months ago

South Korea's ruling party leader now in favor of impeaching President Yoon

The leader of South Korea's ruling People Power Party says he is now in favor of impeaching President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived declaration of martial law.
2 months ago
A television screen displays a news report featuring South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at Seoul Station in Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. Yoon said he would fight until the last minute to defend himself after accusing the opposition of trying to paralyze his administration. Yoon's defiant Thursday morning speech came as the chief of his own party called for his impeachment.
2 months ago

Police raid South Korean presidential office amid arrests after martial law

The search follows more than a week of political turmoil in South Korea after Yoon's brief failed imposition of a police state.
2 months ago
People stand by a railing as the Presidential Office building in the background is raided by police from the national office of investigation, in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 11, 2024.
2 months ago

South Korean police consider travel ban for President Yoon amid martial law inquiry

"We promise the public that we will thoroughly investigate," South Korean senior police officer Woo Jong-soo said on Monday, local time.
2 months ago
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol answers a reporter's question during a press conference at the Presidential Office in Seoul, Nov. 7, 2024.
2 months ago

South Korea's president avoids impeachment after ruling party boycotts vote

As lawmakers debated to impeach South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol, all but two members of Yoon’s own People Power Party walked out of the National Assembly session.
2 months ago
Protesters stage a rally demanding South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment following the president's short-lived martial law declaration in front of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. Slogans read "Impeach Yoon Suk Yeol."
2 months ago

South Korean president faces impeachment vote after imposing martial law

The country's dominant opposition party moved to impeach Yoon on Wednesday, submitting a motion a day after his declaration of martial law set off political chaos.
2 months ago
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol answers a reporter's question during a press conference at the Presidential Office in Seoul, Nov. 7, 2024.
2 months ago

South Korea's ruling party now believes it is 'necessary' to suspend President Yoon

Relieving South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol of his duties would "protect the Republic of Korea and its people,” the ruling party's leader said.
2 months ago
People watch a TV screen broadcasting a news report on South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of martial law and the following announcement that he will lift the martial law, after parliamentary vote, at a railway station in Seoul, Dec. 4, 2024.
2 months ago

South Korean president accepts defense minister's resignation

President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea declared martial law late Tuesday, before withdrawing troops hours later.
2 months ago
People take part in a protest calling for the resignation of South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol at the National Assembly in Seoul on Dec. 4, 2024.
2 months ago

South Korean president faces calls to resign

Retired Gen. Robert Abrams joined ABC News Live to discuss President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea declaring martial law late Tuesday, before withdrawing troops hours later.
2 months ago
VIDEO: South Korean president faces calls to resign
2 months ago

South Korean president faces fallout after failed martial law attempt

ABC News’ Ian Pannell reports on the fallout after President Yoon Suk Yeo declared martial law on Tuesday night, a decision which lawmakers unanimously voted to be overturned.
2 months ago
VIDEO: South Korean president faces fallout after failed martial law attempt