Political crisis in South Korea
Thousands celebrate in Seoul: "So proud and happy"
Thousands of people braved the bitter cold to celebrate Saturday's announcement that South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol is facing impeachment. Outside the parliament building in Seoul, people danced, sang and hugged, writes The Guardian. Many also waved K-pop-inspired glow sticks, which have become a symbol of resistance.
- I am so happy that I am at a loss for words, says 25-year-old Yuri to the news site.
23-year-old Park Ka-hyun agrees.
- I am so proud of what we have achieved. Look how many have come. We are just so happy.
The decision means Yoon Suk-Yeol is stopped from performing his duties and assignments. However, the legal process against him risks dragging on, according to Jakob Hallgren at the Foreign Policy Institute.
- The interesting thing is that the same thing happened in 2016 with a former president and then it took 91 days before the decision to resign, he says.
Thousands celebrate in Seoul: "So proud and happy"
Thousands of people braved the bitter cold to celebrate Saturday's announcement that South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol is facing impeachment. Outside the parliament building in Seoul, people danced, sang and hugged, writes The Guardian. Many also waved K-pop-inspired glow sticks, which have become a symbol of resistance.
- I am so happy that I am at a loss for words, says 25-year-old Yuri to the news site.
23-year-old Park Ka-hyun agrees.
- I am so proud of what we have achieved. Look how many have come. We are just so happy.
The decision means Yoon Suk-Yeol is stopped from performing his duties and assignments. However, the legal process against him risks dragging on, according to Jakob Hallgren at the Foreign Policy Institute.
- The interesting thing is that the same thing happened in 2016 with a former president and then it took 91 days before the decision to resign, he says.
The Russian invasion The battles
Zelenskyi: North Korean soldiers fight in Kursk
Russia has begun using "a significant number" of North Korean soldiers to carry out attacks against Ukrainian forces in the Russian border region of Kursk. According to Reuters, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi.
- We have information that indicates that they can also be used in other parts of the front line, he adds.
Kyiv has estimated that 11,000 North Koreans have been sent to Kursk since October. Russia has neither confirmed nor denied this.
Zelenskyi: North Korean soldiers fight in Kursk
Russia has begun using "a significant number" of North Korean soldiers to carry out attacks against Ukrainian forces in the Russian border region of Kursk. According to Reuters, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi.
- We have information that indicates that they can also be used in other parts of the front line, he adds.
Kyiv has estimated that 11,000 North Koreans have been sent to Kursk since October. Russia has neither confirmed nor denied this.
Political situation in Georgia
Forced away the president: "Must not lose the fight"
Georgia's president-elect Mikheil Kavelashvili is one of the architects behind the government's controversial "foreign agents" law, which has sparked strong opposition among residents and been condemned by the West, the BBC writes. A similar law already exists in Russia and has been used to crack down on organizations that have criticized the Russian regime.
The ruling party Georgian Dream has also been clear that they want to "restore" the relationship with Russia.
The incumbent pro-Western president Salome Zourabichvili is now calling for continued protests.
- We are at a real turning point. Either we succeed in this fight or we will get a regime that is more or less Putin's Russian regime, she says according to Euronews.
Forced away the president: "Must not lose the fight"
Georgia's president-elect Mikheil Kavelashvili is one of the architects behind the government's controversial "foreign agents" law, which has sparked strong opposition among residents and been condemned by the West, the BBC writes. A similar law already exists in Russia and has been used to crack down on organizations that have criticized the Russian regime.
The ruling party Georgian Dream has also been clear that they want to "restore" the relationship with Russia.
The incumbent pro-Western president Salome Zourabichvili is now calling for continued protests.
- We are at a real turning point. Either we succeed in this fight or we will get a regime that is more or less Putin's Russian regime, she says according to Euronews.
The Syrian war the fall of the al-Assad regime
The blink confirms: We have had contact with the rebels
The White House has been in contact with the Islamist rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, which led the blitzkrieg against Bashar al-Assad in Syria. This is what Foreign Minister Antony says at a press conference.
Blinken does not give details about the communication, but says that it is, among other things, about how HTS plans to govern the country during a transition period.
- This is our message to the Syrian population: We want them to succeed and we are prepared to help them do that, he says according to the Wall Street Journal.
Blinken's announcement is the first official confirmation of contacts between the White House and HTS, which has already been classified as a terrorist organization by the United States.
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