The launch event came as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was visiting Seoul for talks with South Korean allies over the North Korean nuclear threat

South Korea's government trimmed its economic growth forecasts for 2025 amid political turmoil following President Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law decree. Korea's Ministry of Economy and Finance said on Thursday that it now projects a growth rate of 1.

A report by prosecutors said the country's then-prime minister, foreign minister and finance minister all expressed reservations the night of the decision.

According to North Korean state media, South Korea’s state has been “paralyzed,” with the country experiencing “spiraling socio-political confusion.” These comments from Pyongyang followed a prolonged political crisis in South Korea triggered by the Dec. 3 declaration of martial law and the subsequent impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol.

It was unclear when and how police could make the arrest and whether the presidential security service, which has blocked access by investigators with a search warrant to Yoon's office and official residence,

The arrest warrant for an incumbent president is unprecedented, and deepens the political crisis that has engulfed South Korea.

STORY: A South Korean court approved the arrest of impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol Tuesday, over his short-lived decision to impose martial law earlier this month.It's the first time an arrest warrant has been issued against a president of South Korea.

South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has sent a letter rallying his supporters saying he would "fight till the end" as he faces an attempt by authorities to arrest him over his short-lived Dec.

Authorities suspended the execution of the warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after facing resistance from his security detail at his residence in Seoul.

South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol again declined to appear for questioning by investigators over his martial law declaration as the embattled leader seeks to first defend himself at an impeachment trial.

On Dec. 27, less than two weeks after Han assumed the role of acting president following President Yoon Suk Yeol’s own impeachment for his brief martial law installation, the opposition-dominated Nati