Former South Korean Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan died Sunday while on a trip to Vietnam, a government advisory body said. He was 73.

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HANOI, Jan 26 (Reuters) - South Korean former Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan, a veteran politician and influential fixture on the country's road to democracy, died during an official visit to Vietnam's southern hub of Ho Chi Minh City,

South Korean court ruled Wednesday that the ill-fated imposition of martial law by the then President Yoon Suk Yeol constituted an act of rebellion, as it sentenced his prime minister to 23 years in prison for his involvement.

Han Duck-soo, 76, is the first former cabinet minister to be handed a ruling by a lower court on criminal charges directly related to former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law order.

SEOUL — South Korea’s former prime minister Han Duck-soo was sentenced to 23 years in prison on Wednesday for aiding and abetting a declaration of martial law that briefly suspended civilian rule and plunged the country into chaos.

Han Duck-soo was convicted of playing a key role in former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s imposition of martial law, which a court said was an insurrection.

Iraq’s dominant political bloc nominates former prime minister al-Maliki as its candidate - Iraq’s dominant political bloc has nominated former prime minister Nouri al-Maliki as its candidate for prim

TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court sentenced a man who admitted to assassinating former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to life imprisonment on Wednesday. The case has revealed decades of cozy ties between Japan’s governing party and a controversial South Korean church.

BAGHDAD, Jan 24 (Reuters) - The alliance of Shi'ite political blocs that holds a majority in Iraq's parliament has picked former prime minister Nouri al-Maliki as its nominee for the post, it said on Saturday.