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1.Acting President Han Duck-soo on Tuesday urged the National Assembly to produce a solution regarding two special counsel bills targeting Yoon Suk Yeol and Kim Keon-hee as well as the appointments of three justices to the Constitutional Court.

2.According to the Ministry of the Interior and Safety on Tuesday, South Korea has formally become a "super-aged" society, as the share of its population aged 65 or over surpassed 20 percent.

3.South Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Kim Hong-kyun and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell on Monday held their first talks in Washington after Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived martial law imposition. The two countries agreed they should prepare against the possibility that Pyongyang could "misjudge" the current political situation in Seoul.

1.The Constitutional Court said Monday it will hold the first preparatory hearing in Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment trial on Friday as planned. The Court said Yoon will be considered to have been served the necessary documents regardless of whether he received them, as they were delivered by the postal service last Friday.

2.South Korea's first vice foreign minister Kim Hong-kyun, who is visiting the United States, said the government has explained the country's situation related to Yoon Suk Yeol’s botched martial law attempt and his impeachment to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's team.

3.The Korea Electric Power Corporation said Monday it plans to freeze the adjusted fuel cost for the first quarter of 2025. KEPCO said it will keep the adjusted unit fuel cost, a key part of the country's electricity rates, unchanged at five won per kilowatt-hour for the January-March period.

1.A spokesperson for the Constitutional Court said Thursday that documents the Court had sent to President Yoon Suk Yeol regarding his impeachment trial were returned and refused for the third time. The court will announce next Monday how the failed document deliveries would reflect in the trial proceedings and consider alternatives.

2.The South Korean currency stayed near its lowest level in more than 15 years Friday as political turmoil continues in South Korea. The won was quoted at 1,451.4 per dollar at 3:30 p.m., up 0.5 won from the previous session.

3.During a UNSC briefing on Thursday, South Korea's Ambassador to the UN Hwang Joonkook said that if artificial intelligence is utilized by irresponsible actors such as North Korea, it could exacerbate the risks of Weapons of Mass Destruction proliferation or advanced cyberattacks.

1.The South Korean won weakened past one-thousand-450 won against the U.S. dollar on Thursday, reaching its lowest point in 15 years. The local currency opened at one-thousand-453 won per dollar, following a U.S. rate cut made the previous day.

2.During an extraordinary Cabinet meeting on Thursday, Acting President Han Duck-soo vetoed six contentious bills, marking his first use of presidential power since assuming interim leadership after President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached and suspended from office over a failed martial law bid.

3.The National Intelligence Service briefed the parliamentary Intelligence Committee in a closed-door meeting Thursday morning and reportedly said at least 100 North Korean troops dispatched to Russia for combat in Ukraine were killed and 1,000 injured.

1.The Supreme Prosecutors Office said Wednesday the prosecution has decided to transfer its martial law-related investigation into President Yoon Suk Yeol and former Interior Minister Lee Sang-min to the Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials, amid concerns that multiple agencies handling the same case could lead to overlap issues.

2.The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on Tuesday condemning human rights violations by North Korea and called for efforts to address the issue. The resolution was passed by consensus without a vote, making it the 20th of its kind since 2005.

3.According to Reuters and AFP, a U.S. military official said Tuesday that hundreds of North Korean troops have been killed or wounded in battle against Ukrainian forces in Russia’s Kursk region.

1.President Yoon Suk Yeol’s legal defense team said Tuesday that Yoon will state his position in court if a public hearing is held in his impeachment trial, and that the president believes he is innocent of the crime of insurrection.

2.The ruling and main opposition parties remained at odds Tuesday over whether to fill in three vacancies of the nine-member Constitutional Court that will handle President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment trial.

3.South Korea on Tuesday said it will impose sanctions on North Korean military officers that have been deployed to Russia in support of its war against Ukraine. The announcement came after South Korea, the U.S., and EU condemned deepening military cooperation between North Korea and Russia.

1.The National Assembly on Saturday passed an impeachment motion against President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived imposition of martial law on December 3rd, suspending his presidential powers as of 7:24 PM. The motion passed 204-85, with three abstentions and eight invalid ballots.

2.The Constitutional Court said it will hold its first meeting of its justices on Monday to review the parliamentary impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, and hold the first preparatory hearing on December 27th.

3.Acting President Han Duck-soo held phone talks with U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday and vowed to maintain and develop the two countries' alliance. Biden voiced confidence in South Korea's democracy while also noting its resilience, according to Han's office.

1.The Ministry of Economy and Finance said Friday in its monthly economic report, the Green Book, that the South Korean economy faces "downside risks" due to uncertainties at home and abroad despite signs of stabilizing inflation.

2. A court decision on the formal arrest of Cho Ji-ho, the commissioner-general of the Korean National Police Agency, and Kim Bong-sik, the head of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, is expected to be made late on Friday. The two have been accused over their roles in President Yoon's martial law imposition.

3.The U.S. State Department released the 2023 Country Reports on Terrorism on Thursday, and has kept North Korea on its list of state sponsors of terrorism, noting the reclusive regime repeatedly supported acts of international terrorism.

1.President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday defended his botched martial law declaration as an act of governance and denied insurrection charges facing him, while vowing to fight until the last moment against whether it is impeachment or a martial law probe.

2. Six opposition parties on Thursday submitted a second impeachment motion against President Yoon Suk Yeol over his botched martial law declaration last week, with a vote scheduled for December 14th.

3.The National Office of Investigation under the police agency said on Wednesday that it decided to conduct a joint investigation with the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials and the defense ministry for a prompt and efficient probe into the December 3rd Martial law incident.

1.South Korean novelist Han Kang has made history as the first South Korean and first Asian woman to receive the Nobel Prize in literature. Han received a diploma and a Nobel medal on Tuesday at the Concert Hall in Stockholm, Sweden.

2.The Democratic Party said Wednesday they plan to submit a second impeachment bill against President Yoon Suk Yeol on December 12th, citing the delay to ongoing revelations of his alleged acts of insurrection. A vote on the second impeachment bill against Yoon will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday.

3.Police raided the presidential office Wednesday to investigate charges that President Yoon Suk Yeol staged an insurrection by briefly imposing martial law last week. A warrant for the search listed Yoon as the suspect.