February 19, 2025

Focus on Headline 02/18/2025

37 minutes

1. The Constitutional Court held the ninth hearing of President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment trial Tuesday. Deliberations have entered their final phase and the tenth hearing is scheduled for Thursday.

2. South Korea's acting President Choi Sang-mok on Tuesday said the government plans to roll out a record 360 trillion won, or roughly 250 billion U.S. dollars, worth of trade policy financing to aid exporters facing intensifying trade uncertainties sparked by U.S. tariff measures.

3. Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul will travel to South Africa later this week to attend the foreign ministers' meeting of the Group of 20 nations.

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