Park Geun-Hye

Two former aides to South Korea`s President Park quizzed over scandal

South Korean prosecutors on Monday questioned two former key presidential aides over allegations they helped a shadowy confidant of President Park Geun-Hye meddle in state affairs and secretly visit her office.

Nov 14, 2016, 12:26 PM IST

Hundreds of thousands rally in Seoul to demand Park's ouster

Police said about 260,000 people turned out for the latest mass rally against Park.

Nov 12, 2016, 18:15 PM IST

North Korea urges shift from US, Seoul says it has Donald Trump's support

North Korea on Thursday warned the incoming Donald Trump administration will have to acknowledge it as a nuclear state, as the South said the maverick billionaire had pledged to protect it.

Nov 10, 2016, 16:20 PM IST

South Korean president may be investigated, says PM nominee

The prime minister-designate of South Korea on Thursday said that President Park Geun-Hye may be investigated for an alleged corruption and influence peddling scandal involving a close ally of the head of state.

Nov 03, 2016, 19:17 PM IST

South Korean president risks probe, new PM nominee warns

A snowballing political scandal moved closer to embattled South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on Thursday, with her newly nominated prime minister warning she could face a probe, hours after prosecutors detained a former presidential aide.

Nov 03, 2016, 13:24 PM IST

South Korea names new PM, finance minister amid scandal, angering opposition

South Korea`s presidential office on Wednesday named a new prime minister and finance minister, the highest-level shake-up yet since President Park Geun-hye`s administration was rocked by a scandal involving a friend accused of meddling in state affairs.

Nov 02, 2016, 08:47 AM IST

Scandal-rocked South Korean president Park Geun-Hye replaces PM, aims at setting up cross-party ‘neutral’ cabinet

The new premier was named as Kim Byong-Joon, a former top aide to the late liberal president Roh Moo-Hyun.

Nov 02, 2016, 06:59 AM IST

Prosecutors detain woman at core of South Korea political crisis

The woman at the centre of the snowballing political scandal engulfing President Park Geun-Hye has been put under emergency detention after prosecutors said she was "unstable" and a flight risk.

Nov 01, 2016, 09:20 AM IST

South Korea begins probing corruption scandal involving president

South Korea`s prosecutors announced Wednesday they have begun investigating a corruption scandal and leaking of documents involving President Park Geun-hye.

Oct 26, 2016, 14:15 PM IST

North Korea conducts another failed missile launch on Thursday

North Korea on Thursday conducted what appeared to be a failed test -- its second in a week -- of a powerful medium-range missile that experts warn could be deployed as early as next year.

Oct 20, 2016, 18:26 PM IST

UN envoy urges probe into death of South Korean protestor

A UN rights envoy has called for an independent investigation into the death of a South Korean protester, shot by police water cannon during an anti-government rally last year.

Sep 29, 2016, 10:18 AM IST

North Korea`s nuclear test act of `self-destruction`: South Korean President Park Geun-Hye

The impoverished but nuclear-armed North staged its fifth nuclear test Friday morning.

Sep 09, 2016, 09:35 AM IST

Vladimir Putin calls to lower Korea tensions

North Korea in August test-fired a submarine-launched missile towards Japan, marking what weapons analysts called a clear step forward for its nuclear strike ambitions.

Sep 03, 2016, 15:21 PM IST

North Korea calls South Korea`s leader `psychopath` over missile row

North Korea on Wednesday labelled South Korean President Park Geun-Hye a "psychopath" after she made a speech slamming Pyongyang`s nuclear ambitions and defending the deployment of a US anti-missile system.

Aug 17, 2016, 13:11 PM IST

South Korea MPs defy President with China visit

ark had urged the MPs to scrap their trip, arguing that it would boost China's opposition to the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system and deepen divisions in South Korea over the issue.

Aug 08, 2016, 10:52 AM IST

South Korea`s Park gets personal in US missile system row

The defence ministry announced last month that the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence system, or THAAD, will be installed in Seongju.

Aug 02, 2016, 13:42 PM IST

South Korea's Park calls for unity over THAAD deployment

Tension on the Korean peninsula has been high since North Korea conducted nuclear test in January and followed that with a satellite launch and a string of test launches of various missiles.

Jul 21, 2016, 13:52 PM IST

North Korea threatens "physical response" against U.S. THAAD system deployment

North Korea's military said on Monday it will make a "physical response" to moves by the United States and South Korea to deploy the advanced THAAD missile defence system on the Korean peninsula.

Jul 11, 2016, 14:12 PM IST

South Korea`s Park urges `bone-crushing` reform on shipbuilders

The South`s mighty shipbuilders including Hyundai Heavy Industries and Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering have dominated the global market for past decades.

Jun 13, 2016, 10:30 AM IST