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Korean happiness hits record high, despite political turmoil: report
PoliticsKorea Herald1mo ago

Korean happiness hits record high, despite political turmoil: report

South Koreans reported their highest level of life satisfaction on record in 2025, despite deep political tensions following former President Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law declaration in December 2024. Overall life satisfaction scored 6.63 out of 10 points, the highest figure recorded in the annual Korea Social Integration Survey, according to a report by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs. The figure surpassed the previous high of 6.47 points recorded in 2024. The happiness index r

Acclaimed photojournalist and humanitarian Alex Baluyut, 69
Cultureinquirer1mo ago

Acclaimed photojournalist and humanitarian Alex Baluyut, 69

MANILA, Philippines — Multi-awarded veteran Filipino photojournalist and humanitarian Alex Baluyut passed away at the age of 69, his wife Precious Leano confirmed on Friday, Feb. 27. A respected figure in Philippine documentary photography, Baluyut documented some of the nation’s most critical turning points such as the final years of Martial Law and the 1986

What Yoon’s life sentence means for South Korean democracy
PoliticsSCMP1mo ago

What Yoon’s life sentence means for South Korean democracy

It began with a late-night declaration of martial law and has ended, for now, with a gavel. In the 443 days between those two moments, South Korea’s democracy was tested in ways most countries never experience. Citizens formed human chains to block troops from reaching the National Assembly. Lawmakers rushed through corridors in the dead of night to kill the martial law decree by vote. The Constitutional Court upheld a president’s impeachment. Millions took to the streets in protest. A new...

Ukrainian Parliament Passes Industrial Visa-Free Regime Bill with EU
Worldukrainska-pravdaukrinform7d ago2 sources

Ukrainian Parliament Passes Industrial Visa-Free Regime Bill with EU

The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, has passed a European integration bill aimed at harmonizing the accreditation of conformity assessment bodies and the technical regulation system with EU rules, paving the way for an industrial visa-free regime.

14 generals dismissed in martial law probe, more pending
PoliticsKorea Herald1mo ago

14 generals dismissed in martial law probe, more pending

The Defense Ministry has dismissed 14 generals under its toughest levels of military discipline over the Dec. 3 martial law declaration, as further proceedings remain underway, Seoul's ministry said Wednesday. The dismissals follow a six-month investigation by the ministry’s task force, conducted as part of a pangovernmental effort. The task force deployed about 120 personnel to examine 24 military units and institutions and question roughly 860 individuals. A total of 35 military personnel, all

Ex-President Yoon appeals life sentence for martial law bid
Politicsnosaftonbladetberlingske+9SCMPder-standardNHK WorldhinduobservadorKorea Heraldchannel-news-asiayonhap-english+1 more1mo ago12 sources

Ex-President Yoon appeals life sentence for martial law bid

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has appealed his life sentence for leading an insurrection related to his failed attempt to impose martial law.

South Korea’s Yoon calls court biased after life sentence for rebellion: ‘fight not over’
PoliticsNYTwsjSCMP+1Korea Herald1mo ago4 sources

South Korea’s Yoon calls court biased after life sentence for rebellion: ‘fight not over’

Ousted South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol on Friday remained defiant in his first reaction to a life sentence for rebellion handed down by a Seoul court the previous day. In a statement released by his lawyers, Yoon maintained that his abrupt and short-lived declaration of martial law in December 2024 was done “solely for the sake of the nation and our people”, and dismissed the Seoul Central District Court as biased against him. Yoon, who was removed from office amid a political crisis set...