SEOUL, Jan 13 (Reuters) - South Korea's special prosecutor on Tuesday requested the death penalty for former president Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of insurrection over his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024.

Seoul is where I grew up in and spent most of my life, a sleepless megacity where traditions and technology coexist. My latest from here (and probably last for a while!) on travel trips, what to eat & where to go as part of Reuters City Memo series. ☺️ www.reuters.com/city-memo/se...

The gleeful doxing of someone cheating in public is bad even if they are a CEO and even if they are a Coldplay fan. It's bad because this kind of thing is happening to random people on TikTok for such crimes as "sitting silently on a plane" or "being attractive" www.404media.co/the-astronom...

Hyuk and Seok debuted as members of K-pop group 1VERSE (universe) today after escaping North Korea and training for years to chase their K-pop dreams. 🇰🇵 Hyuk resorted to stealing food & eating spoiled rice back in the North. He’s now a K-Pop star. 🎤🕺 www.reuters.com/business/med...

X suspends Reuters account in India after 'legal demand', government denies making request reut.rs/4eDewZp

Some personal news: I'm moving to Barcelona to join @reuters.com Global News Monitoring team after two and a half years at the Seoul bureau. I'm thrilled to cover international breaking news at an exciting time & am looking forward to eating lots of jamón!! 🇰🇷✈️🇪🇸

Some Asia experts were worried that Lee as a liberal might dampen the improved ties between SK and Japan under Yoon. So far Lee has proven them wrong. He told Ishiba that the two nations are "inseparable" like "neighbours who share a front yard." www.reuters.com/world/americ...

Korean American Federation of Los Angeles criticizes Donald Trump Jr. as “reckless” for posting the ‘Rooftop Koreans’ meme and urges him not to exploit Korean Americans’ trauma. www.reuters.com/business/med...

Do you like K-beauty? South Korean cosmetics brands are eyeing the US market to cash in on booming demand despite Trump's tariffs. Olive young will launch a store in LA this year and Tirtir will sell at Ulta Beauty stores starting this summer. Here's my latest 💄 www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

Do you like K-beauty? South Korean cosmetics brands are eyeing the US market to cash in on booming demand despite Trump's tariffs. Olive young will launch a store in LA this year and Tirtir will sell at Ulta Beauty stores starting this summer. Here's my latest 💄 www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

By far my favorite part of South Korean elections: election night graphics. SBS television station kills it EVERY. TIME. They play these clips all night and they get more and more unhinged and creative as the night goes on.

Young women in South Korea helped propel liberal President Lee Jae-myung to his victory. And the gender equality ministry has outlived his predecessor who vowed to abolish it. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

South Korea's President-elect Lee Jae-myung: was a child laborer lost the last election by less than 1% survived a knife attack live-streamed his rush to parliament during martial law wins election with the biggest vote share since 2012 www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

Breaking: Liberal candidate Lee Jae-myung will become South Korea's next president, broadcaster JTBC forecasts

South Koreans turned out in force to vote in the presidential election, seeking to restore stability after six months of turmoil triggered by a brief shock of martial law imposed by former leader Yoon Suk Yeol. Follow Reuters live coverage: reut.rs/4kK9hcb

South Koreans take elections seriously. E-commerce giant Coupang and courier companies will take a pause on their delivery services to allow busy delivery workers time to cast their ballot in the country's snap presidential election. www.reuters.com/business/ret...

South Koreans are voting for their next president today after months of political turmoil triggered by the short-lived Dec. 3 martial law imposition www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

In South Korean presidential elections, you have two full days (6 am to 6pm) of early voting and polls open until 8pm on Election Day which is a national holiday. So that you can take part in democracy without having to wait for hours or rush to the polls after work 🗳️

In South Korea and many other democracies, a political gender war is intensifying among Gen Z voters, with young men voting heavily for right-wing parties and young women leaning left — a departure from the days when both genders tended to vote mainly for progressives.

A record-breaking 8.7% early voting turnout in South Korea (as of noon) despite election fraud allegations pushed by the president who declared martial law & his loyal supporters. Daegu, a conservative PPP stronghold, has the lowest turnout so far. (Credit: Naver)

By my count, reductions in US troops in Korea occur every 13-15 years. We are currently in, or maybe even past, that window. This need not be a big deal IF it were handled and messaged the right way. The Trump administration will certainly not handle it or message it the right way.

Pentagon dismisses the WSJ report on a USFK troop cut as 'not true' and reaffirms U.S.' firm commitment to S. Korea - Yonhap en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2025...

A free umbrella rental/sharing service at a subway station in Bucheon which you can use and return it at your convenience 🌂 Love seeing these trust-based services around South Korea!

In the first debate, S. Korea's presidential frontrunner Lee Jae-myung faced off opponents who criticized him as being too friendly to China. He said security cooperation with U.S. & Japan is necessary but relations with China & Russia also important. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

S. Korea's conservative ruling People Power Party nullified the outcome of its primary election in the wee hours & the leadership is replacing the candidate with an outsider (ex-PM) who they think has a higher chance of winning. PPP often positions itself as a defender of liberal democracy.

The South Korean right are in shambles as PPP infighting grows over who should run as their candidate. The snap presidential election is less than a month away. 🗳️ www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

You all know South Korean President Yoon is no longer in power. Today, PM resigned then Finance Minister followed suit just hours later. Now Education Minister will become the next Acting President. All of this is happening while Seoul and Washington hold trade talks...

Virtual band PLAVE mixes K-pop and technology to charm fans reut.rs/4m0GrG8

Virtual K-pop idol group PLAVE speaks to Reuters about putting on a concert for thousands of fans and interacting with them. Despite their two-dimensional form, humans, not AI, are behind their singing and dancing. www.reuters.com/lifestyle/vi...

Lee Jae-myung picked as presidential candidate by the Democratic Party for the snap election in a dramatic return after surviving a knife attack & live-streaming his way to parliament during Dec. 3 martial law www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

Russia's military general staff praises North Korean soldiers fighting in Kursk for "high professionalism, fortitude, courage and heroism" in what would be the first time Russia has publicly confirmed NK involvement www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Oscar winning South Korean actress Youn Yuh-jung reveals her son came out as gay in 2000 and she threw a wedding for him in New York. 🫶 She’s a household name here & this revelation will make headlines in a country still grappling with LGBT rights. amp.scmp.com/lifestyle/en...

scoop: The parent company of Reuters is dropping "diversity" in favor of "belonging" in response to Trump E.O. "to ensure ongoing compliance," per confidential memo I just received.

BREAKING: South Korea's Constitutional Court decided to oust President Yoon Suk Yeol, upholding parliament's impeachment motion over his short-lived imposition of martial law last year that sparked the country's worst political crisis in decades reut.rs/4i418NX

What a moment the last few months have been for South Korea’s political history

BREAKING: South Korea’s Constitutional Court permanently removes President Yoon Suk Yeol from power over his short-lived martial law

“Human-caused climate change”has significantly amplified the likelihood of “unseasonably high temperatures” that contributed to the recent wildfires in South Korea & Japan, Climate Central says www.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...

🚨BREAKING: South Korea's opposition leader Lee Jae-myung cleared of his election law violation conviction by an appeals court, boosting the progressive presidential frontrunner's chances in the next election

A busy week ahead in South Korean politics. 🕛👩‍⚖️ Constitutional Court ruling on PM's impeachment on Monday. Then an appeals court ruling on opposition leader Lee Jae-myung's election law violation case. (Wed.) & possibly the much-awaited ruling on President Yoon's impeachment.

Loving these daily Yonhap stories every morning: "President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment ruling could be this week, observers say. If not this week, then ruling likely to be sometime in the future, though it could still be this week. It should have been last week, according to what we all thought"

When South Korea's Constitutional Court rules on President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment, expected in coming days, few will be watching more closely — or be watched more closely for possible rabble-rousing — than the country's activist pro-Yoon churches reut.rs/3Fzxtii

South Korea's firebrand churches are invoking God and anti-communism to double down on support for impeached President Yoon who is waiting for an impending ruling on his political fate over a martial law he declared in December. My latest 👇 www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

It seems I've also been placed on leave, just like the rest of my VOA colleagues. Truth is, I can't know for sure, because when I woke up this morning in Seoul, I'd already been locked out of all VOA-related systems and accounts.

The U.S. Department of Energy has designated ally South Korea a "sensitive" country, a spokesperson said on Friday, after the South Korean president briefly imposed martial law and amid talk of Seoul potentially developing nuclear weapons. www.reuters.com/world/us-des...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol walked out of a detention centre in Seoul on Saturday after prosecutors decided not to appeal a court decision to cancel the impeached leader's arrest warrant on insurrection charges. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

Me and other journalists were just attacked by pro-Yoon supporters outside of Yoon's Hannam residence. Out of the blue a group suddenly turned on us, first pushing us to leave and then trying to take our cameras. Police then intervened eventually and got us away.

The Seoul Central District Court has ordered President Yoon to be released from detention explaining that Yoon appears to have been indicted after his detention warrant expired, according to a court document.

South Korea's trade ministry gently fact-checks Trump after he said SK's average tariff is four times higher than the US in his Tuesday speech. "South Korea's tariff rate on US imports is essentially near 0%" www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

Former U.S. State Department Ambassador Morse Tan praises impeached South Korean President Yoon’s shock Dec. 3 martial law as “heroic” & “preserving your democracy” while ruling conservative PPP MPs clap and watch on

In response to the Trump-Zelensky Oval Office meeting, there are hundreds of comments on Naver (biggest South Korean web portal) expressing concerns that something similar could happen to South Korea & calling for preparations including nuclear armament.