SEOUL —The South Korean National Assembly has voted to impeach President Park Geun-hye. With 234 of the parliament’s 300 members voting Friday for impeachment, the measure gained more than the two-thirds majority support needed. The stunning and sudden collapse of Park’s presidency was caused by recent allegations that a multi-million dollar influence peddling scandal was […]
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations Security Council has approved new sanctions against North Korea aimed at cutting off funding for its nuclear and ballistic missile programs. The session included remarks from U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who rarely attends council votes. “Today’s resolution includes the toughest and most comprehensive sanctions regime ever imposed by the Security […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday expressed her displeasure with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump for his plans to pull the United States out of the planned Trans-Pacific Partnership. While Merkel didn’t mention Trump by name, she said she was “not happy” about the potential collapse of the trade deal and said future deals will not […]
A powerful aftershock shook New Zealand’s South Island Monday, just hours after being hit by a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake. “It looks as though it’s the infrastructure that’s the biggest problem,” said Civil Defense Minister Gerry Brownlee after flying over the affected area with Prime Minister John Key. A slip dam caused by earthquakes had blocked […]