SEOUL: South Korea's central bank said on Monday (Jan 20) it had slashed its 2025 growth forecast because of the political crisis triggered by President Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of martial law last month.

Yoon Suk-yeol was assigned a standard cell at Seoul Detention Center, where he will be kept separate from other inmates.

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At pro-Yoon Suk Yeol rallies in Seoul, some placards have recently surfaced bearing catchphrases like “Stop the steal” which are used by Donald Trump’s supporters.

In his November 7, 2017, speech to South Korea’s National Assembly, then-President Donald Trump unambiguously noted that “this alliance between our nations was forged in the crucible of war and strengthened by the trials of history.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma expressed strong confidence in the potential of the state to host a thriving automobile manufacturing ecosystem.

South Korea has banned all pork imports from Germany after a recent outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in a herd of buffalo in the eastern German state of Brandenburg. The South Korean Ministry of Agriculture announced in a statement on Saturday evening that the ban was effective immediately.

South Korea is facing its worst political crisis in decades after Mr Yoon’s failed attempt to impose martial law on 3 December. The order was lifted in a matter of hours after soldiers failed to ...

Mr Yoon’s legal team filed a request to review the legitimacy of the president’s arrest. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Guwahati: Eyeing investments from abroad by showcasing Assam as the gateway to South East Asia, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma embarked on a five-.

SEOUL (Reuters) -- North Korea fired an unidentified missile off its east coast on Tuesday, South Korea's military said. The launch came about a week after the North fired what it claimed was a new intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile, which was North Korea's first missile test since Nov. 5.

South Korea's military says it has strengthened monitoring and vigilance in preparation against additional launches - Anadolu Ajansı