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South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo attends a plenary session, where a question-and-answer session was held relating to the martial law declaration, at the National Assembly in Seoul on December 11, 2024. South Korean police raided President Yoon Suk Yeol's office on December 11 as the investigation into his declaration of martial law gathered pace. (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE / AFP) (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images)

South Korea’s Acting Leader Impeached Following President Being Ousted

South Korea has voted to impeach their acting President and Prime Minister Han Duck-soo just less than two weeks after ousting the country’s previous leader.

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin meets with Armenian Defense Minister Suren Papikyan (out of frame) at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on December 5, 2024. (Photo by amid farahi / AFP) (Photo by AMID FARAHI/AFP via Getty Images)

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin Cancels South Korea Visit Amid Martial Law Turmoil

Following South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s disastrous effort to implement martial law this week, two U.S. sources told Reuters on Thursday that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin no longer intends to visit South Korea.

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - DECEMBER 03: In this handout image provided by South Korean Presidential Office, South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol speaks during the declaration of emergency martial law at the Presidential Office on December 03, 2024 in Seoul, South Korea. President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law on Tuesday, accusing the opposition of "anti-state activities plotting rebellion." (Photo by South Korean Presidential Office via Getty Images)

South Korean President Declares Martial Law, Citing Threats Of ‘Anti-State Activities’

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law Tuesday in an unannounced late-night address broadcast live on YTN television, stating he would get rid of “shameless pro-North Korean anti-state forces.”

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) stands beside North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (R) at the airport in Pyongyang, on June 19, 2024. (Photo by Gavriil GRIGOROV / POOL / AFP) / -- Editor's note : this image is distributed by the Russian state owned agency Sputnik - (Photo by GAVRIIL GRIGOROV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Pentagon Says North Korea Has Sent 3K Troops To Russia

The Pentagon confirmed on Wednesday that North Korea has sent military troops to Russia.

Barricades set up at a military checkpoint on the Tongil bridge, the road leading to North Korea's Kaesong city, in the border city of Paju on October 9, 2024. North Korea's army said on October 9 it was moving to "permanently shut off and block the southern border" with Seoul and had informed the US military to prevent an accidental clash. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP) (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images)

North Korea To Blow Up Roads Connected With The South, Seoul Claims

North Korea is preparing to blow up roads that cross the militarized border with South Korea, Seoul announced on Monday.

In this photo taken in Seoul on August 16, 2023, a man walks past a television showing a news broadcast featuring a photo of US soldier Travis King (C), who ran across the border into North Korea while part of a tour group visiting the Demilitarized Zone on South Korea's border on July 18. Travis King defected to North Korea to escape "mistreatment and racial discrimination in the US Army", state media said Wednesday, Pyongyang's first official confirmation they were holding the American soldier. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP) (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)

U.S. Soldier Travis King To Plead Guilty To Multiple Charges Including Desertion, Assault After Fleeing Into North Korea

The U.S. Army private who ran across the South Korean border into North Korea announced he will plead guilty to desertion and assault as part of a plea deal, according to his lawyer.