Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol returned to a solitary jail cell after a court approved a warrant sought by prosecutors investigating his attempt to impose martial law in 2024.

SEOUL: The special counsel team on Thursday (July 10) conducted a search and seizure operation at the Ministry of National Defence and the presidential National Security Office as part of an investigation into allegations that senior officials intervened in a probe into the 2023 death of a young Marine.

The country’s new president, in office for a little over a month, had just dispatched his senior deputies to Washington to try to work out a trade deal.

Births have risen for 10 consecutive months, but the world's lowest fertility rate remains far below replacement levels.

South Korea's Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo will leave for the United States on Friday for tariff talks, just days ahead of the July 9 deadline when U.S. tariffs could rise sharply. Yeo said he would consider requesting an extension of the reciprocal tariff pause,

South Korea's special prosecution team investigating former President Yoon Suk-yeol's imposition of martial law last year says an investigation into military personnel on suspicion of aiding foreign aggression is proceeding.