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President Yoon Suk Yeol faces a political crisis.

2024.5.29

Former defense chief's lawyer questions need for special counsel probe

A lawyer for former Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup, a key suspect in allegations of external pressure on the military investigation into last year's death of a young Marine, said Wednesday.

2024.4.17

Party chiefs talk 'trash' as accusations fly

The war of words between the country’s political parties intensified over the weekend as leaders of both the conservative People Power Party and the liberal Democratic Party hurled epithets and insults to describe their rivals on the campaign trail.

2024.4.1

Ambassador to Australia Lee Jong-sup, far right, attends a meeting of diplomatic mission chiefs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jongno District, central Seoul, on Thursday. [YONHAP]

Lee Jong-sup's resignation as ambassador to Australia accepted

Ambassador to Australia Lee Jong-sup expressed his intention to resign to Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul, Lee said Friday.

2024.3.29

Ambassador to Australia Lee Jong-sup attends a defense industry cooperation meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Jongno District, central Seoul, on Thursday. [YONAHP]

Envoy to Australia attends arms meeting of mission chiefs, critics call it a ruse

A joint meeting of diplomatic mission chiefs to major defense industry partners, including Ambassador to Australia Lee Jong-sup, began on Thursday and will continue through next week.

2024.3.28

Ambassador to Australia Lee Jong-sup answers questions from reporters in Incheon International Airport after his arrival from Canberra, on March 21, 2024. [YONHAP]

'No illegality whatsoever': Embattled envoy to Australia defends himself

Lee Jong-sup, ambassador to Australia, said Wednesday that “there was no illegality whatsoever” when he served as defense minister, in reference to accusations that he meddled in the investigations of a young Marine's death.

2024.3.27

When will the presidential risk end?

The presidential office’s weeklong stalling wreaked havoc on the campaign field.

2024.3.25

Ambassador to Australia Lee Jong-sup arrives at Incheon International Airport on March 21, 2024. [NEWS1]

Embattled envoy to Australia meets with defense acquisition chief

Ambassador to Australia Lee Jong-sup, who is back in Korea to attend a meeting of diplomatic mission chiefs on defense, met with Seok Jong-un, minister of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), on Monday.

2024.3.25

Ambassador to Australia Lee Jong-sup speaks to the press as he arrives at Incheon International Airport on Thursday. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

DP reports Yoon to CIO for false statements about envoy's departure

The liberal Democratic Party (DP) reported President Yoon and his aides to the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) on Thursday for allegedly falsifying statements about the current ambassador to Australia, Lee Jong-sup.

2024.3.22

Diplomacy swayed by domestic politics (KOR)

But if diplomacy is not to be disgraced by domestic politics, he or the government must make a decision before it’s too late.