South Korea's acting President Choi Sang-mok vowed to continue trilateral cooperation with Japan and the United States, saying on Friday his country's diplomacy remains steadfast despite an unprecedented political crisis at home.

STORY: South Korea's acting President Choi Sang-mok held an emergency meeting in Seoul on Sunday to discuss the country’s deadliest air disaster, just two days into his new job.:: Muan, South Korea “As the acting 'head of the government' responsible for the safety and lives of our residents,

South Korean investigators again asked the country’s acting president today to order the presidential security service to comply with an arrest warrant

South Korea's acting President Choi Sang-mok said on Tuesday he would immediately move to fill vacancies on the Constitutional Court in a effort to restore stability after the impeachment of two of his predecessors this month triggered political turmoil.

The impeachment of South Korea’s acting President Han Duck-soo has plunged the country into further political turmoil, coming less than two weeks after lawmakers impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol.

Charges and counter-charges reverberate around South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk-yeol. Add “resisting arrest” to the “insurrection” claimed by his foes. Then again, how about accusing the investigators of “trespassing” — and even staging an “insurrection” of their own — in Korea’s version of “Catch Me if You Can”?

South Korean Acting President Choi Sang-mok called for national harmony and unity and for trust in the government in a New Year's address on Tuesday, amid an unprecedented political crisis sparked by impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived martial law declaration.

Thousands of rival South Korean protesters rallied in the capital Saturday, a day after a failed attempt to arrest suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol for imposing a short-lived martial law decree that led to his impeachment.

South Korean investigators on Saturday again asked the country’s acting president to clear the way for the arrest of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after a six-hour standoff earlier this week thwarted his detainment.

On January 3, 2025, at 98 Hangang-daero in Seoul, a group of citizens staged a direct march toward the president's residence. The demonstration was organized under the banner of "Citizen Power Direct Action,