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A heated race is expected amid intense political polarisation between pro and anti-Yoon camps

South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung, widely seen as the front-runner in a presidential by-election triggered by the removal of President Yoon Suk Yeol last week over his ill-fated imposition of martial law, officially announced his presidential bid on Thursday, vowing to heal a starkly divided nation through economic growth

Water bills are going up in England and Wales, even after the series of scandals around water companies. Last year water firms paid £158 million in fines following a record-breaking number of sewage dumps in rivers and seas.

Despite scandal after scandal, Koreans have shown their solidarity with one another, and the resilience of their institutions, says Youngmi Kim, director of the Scottish Centre for Korean Studies

Hundreds of officers push past Yoon’s small army of personal security to take the impeached leader into custody.

Yoon Suk Yeol becomes first sitting South Korean president to be arrested, six weeks after he declared martial law

Yoon, who faces charges of insurrection over his short-lived effort to impose martial law last month, said he would comply with investigators to avoid "bloodshed".

Park Jong-joon says citizens concerned about violence if authorities push ahead with bid to arrest suspended president.

South Korea's rival parties agreed Tuesday to form a joint task force to probe the recent Jeju Air plane crash that left 179 people dead, as the transport minister offered to resign over the tragedy.