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Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Seoul Central District Court for attempting to impose martial law in 2024, in a case deemed an insurrection, though prosecutors had sought the death penalty

Heavy rains battered Seoul and nearby cities for two days, leaving at least one person dead and nearly 1,000 evacuated. Flooded roads, landslides and power outages disrupted daily life, while emergency teams rescued over 140 people and worked to restore services.

The delegation is part of India's global diplomatic outreach campaign to highlight the significance of Operation Sindoor and India's continued fight against Pakistan-sponsored cross-border terrorism.

The roughly 20-metre-wide, the 20-metre-deep sinkhole appeared at an interception in the Myeongil-dong neighbourhood in eastern Seoul, swallowing the motorcyclist and injuring a woman whose van was passing over the site

Yoon waved his hand and deeply bowed to his supporters after he came out of a detention centre in Seoul, a day after a Seoul court cancelled his arrest to allow him to stand trial for his rebellion charge without being physically detained

The Personal Information Protection Commission said the service was suspended at 6 pm on Saturday and will be resumed after "improvements and remedies" are made in line with South Korea's personal information protection laws

The decision is part of South Korean government's wide initiative to limit access to DeepSeek to prevent potential leaks of critical information through generative AI services

Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was formally arrested, days after being apprehended at his presidential compound,

Many observers also worry how effectively the South Korean government will handle the aftermath of Sunday's crash as it grapples with a leadership vacuum

Transport Ministry says the plane was a 15-year-old Boeing 737-800 jet that was returning from Bangkok and that the crash happened at 9:03 am

As of Monday, the number of South Koreans aged 65 or older stood at 10.24 million, accounting for 20.0 per cent of the country's total population of 51.22 million

Japan's Defence Ministry says missiles believed to have already landed at sea and there were no immediate reports of damage

When the elected representatives shared images and videos of Cheonggyecheon stream beautification works on Monday, people from different sections criticized the government for wasting public money in conducting such study tours.

As videos and images of Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar and Bhongir MP Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy walking along the Cheonggyecheon surfaced on social media platforms, people questioned the significance of the study tour.

While the visit is aimed to study the Cheonggyecheon Riverfront Development in Seoul, questions are being raised over sending journalists rather than bureaucrats, engineers and experts, for the study tour.

This marks the world's first experimental discovery of the structure, theorised by Hungarian American physicist Eugene Wigner in 1934

Explosions came a day after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called a meeting with his top military and security officials

Says Seoul had sent unmanned drones over Pyongyang thrice this month

Says it will “completely cut off roads and railways ” linked to South Korea

Analysts say N Korea will likely leverage enlarged nuclear arsenal for US concessions like sanctions relief after a new US administration is inaugurated