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By Ju-min Park and Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been banned from leaving the country over a failed attempt at imposing martial law, a justice ministry official said on Monday, amid growing calls for him to step down and a deepening leadership crisis. Yoon has apologised for the botched …

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SEOUL (Reuters) – From trade and diplomacy to markets and budgets, South Korea struggled to contain the fallout from the president’s brief but shocking martial law attempt last week, just as the country navigates an uncertain future with its ally the United States. Life largely went on without disturbance for South Koreans on Monday, but …

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By Munsif Vengattil and Aditya Kalra BENGALURU (Reuters) – Indian police have sent a legal demand to Elon Musk’s Starlink seeking details of who purchased its internet device that helps in sea navigation when smugglers with $4.2 billion worth of meth were caught in the biggest such Indian seizure. Two people with direct knowledge of …

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SYDNEY (Reuters) -Tongan Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni has resigned “for the good of the country and moving Tonga forward”, the Pacific Island nation’s parliament said on Monday. Media reported the resignation in parliament shortly before midday came ahead of a motion for a vote of no confidence expected to be put to the assembly. “I’ll …

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By Hyunjoo Jin and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s leadership crisis deepened on Sunday as prosecutors named President Yoon Suk Yeol as a subject of a criminal investigation over last week’s martial law attempt, a media report said, and his former defence minister was arrested. Yoon survived an impeachment vote in the opposition-led parliament …

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By Sebin Choi and Eduardo Baptista SEOUL (Reuters) – When President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law, for the first time in South Korea since 1980, 70-year-old Lee Chul-Woo was reminded of his youth, much of it spent protesting right-wing military strongman rule. The swift rejection and failure of Yoon’s move partly stems from that …

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