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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 465

South Korea

Police keep watch as supporters of impeached South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol gather near the presidential residence in Seoul on December 31, 2024. (JUNG YEON-JE / AFP)
December 31, 2024, 10:14 am
South Korea issues arrest warrant for impeached president over martial law gambit
Move ordered after Yoon, facing charges of insurrection, fails to show up for questioning; lawyers for suspended conservative leader claim warrant ‘invalid’
By AFP
Firefighters and rescue personnel work near the scene where a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 series aircraft crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport in South Jeolla Province, some 288 kilometers southwest of Seoul, on December 29, 2024. (Photo by YONHAP / AFP)
December 29, 2024, 5:24 pm
179 killed as plane crashes in South Korea, in country’s worst airline disaster
Jeju Air flight from Thailand declares ‘mayday’ over suspected bird strike, is then filmed landing and colliding with wall, erupting in fire; 2 crew members survive
By KANG Jin-kyu and Hieun Shin
Lawmakers of the ruling People Power Party protest to South Korea's National Assembly Speaker Woo Won Shik, top center, during a plenary session for the impeachment motion against South Korean acting President Han Duck-soo at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, December 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
December 27, 2024, 5:03 pm
South Korea’s parliament votes to impeach acting president as crisis continues
Two weeks after impeaching President Yoon Suk Yeol for imposing martial law, opposition-controlled National Assembly takes the same step against acting President Han Duck-soo
By Hyung-Jin Kim
Crowds celebrate after hearing the news that South Korea's parliament voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol outside the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, December 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
December 14, 2024, 12:41 pm
South Korea’s parliament votes to impeach president over his martial law order
Hundreds of thousands cheer as National Assembly approves move at second attempt; Yoon Suk Yeol vows to ‘never give up’ as his powers are suspended until trial
By Hyung-Jin Kim and KIM TONG-HYUNG
South Korean National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik bangs the gavel to announce that "the voting cannot take place" because the quorum was not reached during a plenary session for the 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 Photo via AP)
December 7, 2024, 4:27 pm
South Korea’s president avoids impeachment attempt over his failed martial law gambit
Opposition leaders vow to try again to remove president as public protests gather strength and tens of thousands demonstrate outside National Assembly building
By KIM TONG-HYUNG and Hyung-Jin Kim
In this photo provided by South Korea Presidential Office, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks during a press briefing at the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 3, 2024. (South Korea Unification Ministry via AP).
December 3, 2024, 11:50 pm
South Korea’s President Yoon backs down after briefly declaring martial law
Outraged lawmakers had rejected the decree, sparking the country’s biggest political crisis in decades; protesters outside parliament shout and clap
By Jack Kim and Ju-min Park
Soldiers try to enter the National Assembly building in Seoul early on December 4, 2024, after South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)
December 3, 2024, 8:32 pm
South Korean leader declares martial law, sparking chaos as lawmakers vote to block move
Troops seen leaving parliament after politicians from opposition and president’s party force way in to unanimously vote to lift military rule, as crowds of protesters rally outside
By Agencies and ToI Staff
South Korean army soldiers patrol along the barbed-wire fence in Paju, near the border with North Korea, June 27, 2024. (Ahn Young-joon/AP)
July 11, 2024, 10:06 am
In world first, South Korea to deploy ‘StarWars’ drone-targeting laser system
As Israel is still developing its Iron Beam, Seoul unveils new cheap weapons that shoot down aerial threats by zapping them with beam of light to burn engines or other parts
By Reuters and ToI Staff
South Korean army K-9 self-propelled howitzers and K-55A1 self-propelled howitzers fire during the military drills at a training field in Cheorwon, South Korea, Oct. 27, 2023. (Yang Ji-woong/Yonhap via AP)
October 27, 2023, 9:53 am
South Korean, US troops drill for ‘Hamas-style surprise attack’ from North Korea
Forces practice strikes to quickly ‘remove the origins of the enemy’s long-range artillery provocations,’ in simulation of assault similar to that carried out by Gaza terror group
By Agencies
This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows increased activity at the Tumangang Rail Facility in North Korea, on Oct. 5, 2023 (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
October 10, 2023, 3:10 pm
Hamas surprise attack sparks South Korean rethink of border agreement with North
Seoul’s defense minister says he will push to suspend deal creating buffer zone on frontier that had hampered ability to surveil movements by North Korean military
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi addresses the crowd during an annual demonstration in front of the former US embassy in Tehran, Iran, November 4, 2022. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
September 11, 2023, 11:37 pm
US clears way to free 5 Iranians, $6 billion in frozen funds for prisoner exchange
Biden administration says it will release unnamed Iranians it is holding to secure release of five Americans, waives sanctions on banks moving billions from South Korea to Qatar
By Matthew Lee
A portrait of American soldier Travis King is displayed as his grandfather, Carl Gates, talks about his grandson on July 19, 2023, in Kenosha, Wis. (AP/Morry Gash)
August 16, 2023, 3:32 am
North Korea claims US soldier who ran across border was ‘disillusioned’ with army
Official news agency says Travis King defected over unhappiness with ‘inhuman mistreatment and racial discrimination’ in military, though impossible to verify Pyongyang propaganda
By Hyung-Jin Kim
An Asiana Airlines plane is parked as one of the plane's doors suddenly opened at Daegu International Airport in Daegu, South Korea, Friday, May 26, 2023. (Yun Kwan-shick/Yonhap via AP)
May 26, 2023, 11:48 am
Passenger opens plane door mid-air on flight in South Korea, 9 hospitalized
Incident occurs minutes before landing; passenger detained by police but motive for opening the door on the Asiana flight is not clear
By AFP
Illustration photo: A person uses a smart phone in Chicago for online shopping, including travel shopping, which has shifted from desktop to mostly mobile devices. (AP Photo)
May 16, 2023, 3:13 pm
South Korea’s booking app Yanolja to buy Israeli travel tech outfit Go Global Travel
Softbank-backed Yanolja is acquiring Bnei Brak-based firm from Mid-Market Israel (AMI) Opportunities Fund to expand globally and become one of the largest travel solution platforms
By Sharon Wrobel
A TV screen shows an image of an overturned tour bus during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, April 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
April 16, 2023, 4:02 pm
4 Israelis remain critical after deadly South Korea bus accident
18 of 32 injured to return to Israel in coming days; 14 still hospitalized
By ToI Staff
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