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South Korea to elect new president

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In the coming days, he must vacate his hilltop presidential residence in central Seoul, and the government will schedule a national election because his successor must be chosen within 60 days.
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South Korea's president Yoon Suk Yeol was ousted from office on Friday over his short-lived attempt at martial law.
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South Korea Removes Its Impeached President and Regains Direction
The country’s Constitutional Court formally ended the presidency of Yoon Suk Yeol for declaring martial law, ending months of turmoil. But the country remains deeply divided.
South Korea’s president Yoon Suk Yeol removed from office, AP explains
South Korea’s Constitutional Court removed impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol from office on Friday, ending his tumultuous presidency and setting up an election to find a new leader, four months after he threw South Korean politics into turmoil with an ill-fated declaration of martial law.
South Korea's president has been removed from power: What happens now?
South Korea's president has been removed from office after the Constitutional Court voted unanimously to uphold his impeachment. Yoon Suk Yeol was suspended from duty in December after being impeached by parliament, following his failed attempt to impose martial law.
South Korea's President Yoon ousted by Constitutional Court
STORY: South Korea's president Yoon Suk Yeol was ousted from office on Friday over his short-lived attempt at martial law.The Constitutional Court's eight justices ruled unanimously to uphold parliament’s motion to impeach Yoon.
South Korean court set to rule on political fate of impeached President Yoon
South Korea’s Constitutional Court is set to rule on whether to dismiss or reinstate impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, four months after he threw the country into turmoil with an ill-fated declaratio
A look at the turbulent life of the South Korean leader who has been ousted over martial law
Yoon Suk Yeol’s political rise was fast: the former star prosecutor clinched South Korea’s presidency only a year after he entered politics. Yoon's style — highly assertive and strong-willed, but often uncompromising and inflexible — worked for a prosecutor standing up to higher-ups,

Trump left Russia, North Korea

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While U.S. President Donald Trump announced tariffs on allies and foes including Europe, India, Japan and China, some of the world's most heavily sanctioned countries - Russia, Belarus, Cuba and Nort...
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China has vowed to hit back after President Donald Trump announced major new tariffs on its exports to the United States as part of his radical overhaul of a century of American global trade policy.
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To skirt existing tariffs, some Chinese companies have shifted production to other Asian countries.
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Trump's tariffs stoke global trade war as China, EU hit back
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Who are the top contenders for South Korea's presidential election?
South Korea will hold a snap presidential election within 60 days after the Constitutional Court unanimously removed President Yoon Suk Yeol from office on Friday, upholding his impeachment for imposing martial law last year.
Drug-sniffing dogs help find record haul of cocaine hidden aboard ship in South Korea in operation aided by FBI
The Korea Coast Guard said they had found two tons of what they suspect to be pure cocaine on a Norwegian-flagged ship.
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