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Russian President Vladimir Putin, front left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, front right, attend a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Beijing on Sept. 3. [EPA/YONHAP]

Active microphone picks up Xi, Putin discussing 'immortality,' organ transplants at Victory Day event

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin were caught discussing life extension and organ transplants on a hot mic during the Victory Day military parade in Beijing on Wednesday.

2025.9.4

A screenshot of a captioned broadcast from MBC showing former President Yoon Suk Yeol's comments in a hot mic moment [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Seoul court orders Foreign Ministry to withdraw lawsuit against MBC

A Seoul court issued a mandatory mediation order instructing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to withdraw its lawsuit against MBC over its controversial subtitles regarding former President Yoon Suk Yeol's hot mic moment in 2022.

2025.8.20

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Korea Communications Standards Commission’s chairperson Ryu Hee-Lim presides over a meeting with the committee governing broadcast content reviews on Tuesday in western Seoul. The meeting was joined by news production staff from nine broadcasters who shared their statements about President Yoon Suk Yeol's hot mic moment during his visit to the United States in 2022. [NEWS1]

Commission comes down hard on MBC over Yoon hot mic moment

Korea Communications Standards Commission decided to impose the harshest penalty against public broadcaster MBC on Tuesday regarding its report about President Yoon Suk Yeol's hot mic moment during his visit to the United States in 2022.

2024.2.21

Public broadcaster MBC's footage of President Yoon Suk Yeol's hot mic moment in New York in September 2022, featuring a subtitle that referred to the U.S. Congress with an expletive. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Court orders MBC to correct report on Yoon's hot mic moment

A court on Friday ordered public broadcaster MBC to correct its report on President Yoon Suk Yeol's hot mic moment during his visit to the United States in 2022.

2024.1.14

Foreign Minister Park Jin, center, speaks to reporters at the government complex in central Seoul Friday, a day after the liberal Democratic Party (DP) approved a motion for his dismissal. [NEWS1]

Yoon blows off DP motion to dismiss foreign minister

President Yoon Suk-yeol officially rejected a legislative motion calling for the dismissal of Foreign Minister Park Jin passed by the Democratic Party (DP) last week.

2022.10.2

Lawmakers of the People Power Party hold up signs protesting a motion calling for the dismissal of Foreign Minister Park Jin in the National Assembly Thursday. The Democratic Party later passed the motion. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

DP passes motion for dismissal of foreign minister

The liberal Democratic Party (DP) railroaded a motion through the National Assembly calling for the dismissal of Foreign Minister Park Jin, though President Yoon Suk-yeol can ignore it.

2022.9.29

Collective madness or politics as usual?

President Yoon Suk-yeol’s hot-mic rhetoric in New York has become a hot potato for political parties. Walking away from U.S. President Joe Biden after a chat at a Global Fund event aimed to publicize a campaign to combat diseases in underdeveloped...

2022.9.28

Lawmakers from the Democratic Party (DP) submit a motion for the dismissal of Foreign Minister Park Jin to hold him accountable for President Yoon Suk-yeol's hot mic controversy last week at the National Assembly in Yeouido, western Seoul, Tuesday. [YONHAP]

DP wants foreign minister out after hot mic embarrassment

The liberal Democratic Party (DP) called Tuesday for the dismissal of Foreign Minister Park Jin to hold him accountable for President Yoon Suk-yeol's recent disaster-plagued overseas trip.

2022.9.27

President Yoon Suk-yeol arrives at the presidential office in Yongsan, central Seoul, on Monday. [YONHAP]

Yoon says alliance with U.S. damaged by untrue reports of remarks caught on hot mic

President Yoon Suk-yeol said Monday that untrue media reports of his remarks caught on hot mic damaged Korea's alliance with the United States in his first response to the controversy.

2022.9.26

Kim Eun-hye, senior presidential secretary for press affairs, speaks at a press briefing held at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel in New York City on Thursday. [YONHAP]

Presidential office denies Yoon used foul language to refer to Biden, Congress

The office of President Yoon Suk-yeol denied Thursday that Yoon used foul language in reference to U.S. Congress and President Joe Biden, clarifying that he was talking about a situation he could face if Korea's opposition-controlled...

2022.9.23