South Korea, Yoon and Trump

South Korea’s far right borrows from Trump’s playbook to bolster impeached Yoon
The president's conservative supporters contend that the country has been overrun by North Korea sympathizers conspiring to destroy South Korea’s freedoms.
Supporters of impeached South Korean president find inspiration in Trump
It isn’t a Donald Trump rally, however, but a protest by conservative supporters of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who could become the East Asian democracy’s first sitting president to be arrested after he plunged it into political instability last month with his botched attempt to declare martial law.
South Korean presidential security chief resigns after obstructing Yoon arrest
The chief of the presidential security service in South Korea, Park Jong-joon, resigned from his position amid a political stalemate as federal authorities seek to arrest the country’s impeached president.
President Yoon’s Security Chief Quits as New Arrest Bid Looms
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s security chief resigned Friday, a week after leading a team that blocked an attempt to arrest the impeached president over his short-lived imposition of martial law.
South Korea’s acting leader accepts resignation of presidential security chief
South Korea’s acting leader has accepted the resignation of the chief of the presidential security service, Park Jong-joon, as he faced police questioning over how his forces blocked law enforcement efforts to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol last week.
South Korean leader's security chief warns against violent attempts to arrest Yoon
The security chief of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, under investigation for blocking Yoon's arrest, resigned on Friday and said any further efforts to detain the ex-leader must avoid bloodshed.
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Trump allies weigh in on South Korea’s political unrest, regional impact
Mercedes Schlapp, a prominent conservative commentator and former White House official, voiced concerns on Jan. 7 about the ...
Flights, shipping delayed as South Korea struggles in grip of extreme low temperatures
South Korea was experiencing the coldest day of the winter so far Thursday with temperatures ranging from 14 degrees ...
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The 21st Century U.S. Navy Might Be Built in South Korea
If the U.S. industrial base can't step up to meet the needs of American shipbuilding, perhaps South Korea and Japan can.
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Ex-Pentagon official says Trump may not support South Korea's nuclearization
Incoming President Donald Trump may not support South Korea's independent nuclearization, a former senior Pentagon official ...
Trump’s tactics go global
THE NEW AMERICAN EXPORT — The U.S. has long exported its cultural products to South Korea, flexing its soft power within the ...
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Why South Korean protesters are using US flags and a pro-Trump slogan
SEOUL, South Korea — U.S. flags, “Stop the Steal” and the Virginia state motto are finding a home in a political battle ...
S. Korea's ambassador to U.S. expected to attend Trump's inauguration as gov't representative
South Korea's ambassador to the United States is expected to attend US President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony ...
Trump says he will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico. Can he do that?
President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would move to try to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America.” ...
North Korea’s Kim vows the toughest anti-US policy before Trump takes office
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says he will implement the “toughest” anti-US policy, less than a month before Donald Trump ...
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Opinion: Trump wants to rekindle his Kim Jong Un bromance, but North Korea has other suitors now
To say that President-elect Donald Trump has ... Yet for Trump, all of these items may be minor when compared to one other issue: resolving the North Korea nuclear conundrum.
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Hyundai Motor to invest record $16.6B in South Korea
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group said Thursday it plans to make a record $16.6 billion investment in the country, boosting ...