Former President Yoon Suk-yeol appeared in Courtroom 417 of the Seoul Central District Court at 9:50 a.m. on the 14th to attend the first trial regarding the charge of 'leader of a rebellion.' On this day, former President Yoon accessed the courtroom directly through the underground parking lot inst...
Shin Suk-hee (25th Judicial Research and Training Institute) has been elected as a member of the Asia-Pacific Regional Board of the International Association of Women Judges for a 2-year term. She is the third Korean, following former Director General Kim Young-hye in 2006 and former Supreme Court J...
The Korean Bar Association will hold a rally on the 14th, urging the government to reduce the number of newly licensed attorneys, which exceeds 1,700 annually, to below 1,200. The Korean Bar Association will host a rally titled "Rally for Reducing the Number of Attorneys" starting at 11:30 a.m. in f...
China has requested dispute consultations with the World Trade Organization (WTO) regarding mutual tariffs with the United States. On the 8th (local time), the WTO stated, "China requested WTO dispute consultations regarding the United States' decision to impose an additional 34% tariff on Chinese i...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on the 8th (local time), "Two Chinese nationals fighting as part of the Russian military in Ukrainian territory have been captured." President Zelensky shared a video of one of them on his X (formerly Twitter) that day. He wrote, "Personal identification, ...
The Donald Trump administration stated that it can negotiate if other countries present alternatives better than tariffs to reduce the U.S. trade deficit and create a mutually beneficial trade structure, but for now, exemptions from tariffs are difficult. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer not...
Scott Vessent, the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, noted that "the development project for oil and natural gas in Alaska could serve as an alternative in the tariff negotiations with South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan." This means that South Korea and others could achieve desired results in tariff negot...
In New York, the three major U.S. stock markets rose steadily on the 8th (local time). The decline in stock indices that had continued since President Donald Trump announced on the 2nd that he would impose tariffs on major countries has come to a halt. This seems to reflect expectations that countri...
Kevin Hassett, Chairperson of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, noted that "President Donald Trump directed that allied nations such as South Korea and Japan should be prioritized in trade negotiations." When asked during an interview with Fox News on the 8th (local time) whether he expe...
Acting President Han Duck-soo and Prime Minister noted in an interview with the U.S. economic media CNN that Korea will not choose to fight back against the U.S. implementing mutual tariffs like China. Instead, he said they would seek a solution through negotiation. The CNN interview was released ab...
