South Koreans turned out in record numbers for early voting on Thursday ahead of next week's snap presidential polls, as both leading candidates cast their ballots, election commission data showed.
South Korea's ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Saturday that he is leaving the conservative People Power Party (PPP), according to his Facebook post.
South Korea's data protection authority said Chinese AI startup DeepSeek transferred user data and prompts without permission while it was available for download in the country's app market.
A spare power bank is a possible cause of a fire that engulfed an Air Busan plane in January, South Korea's transport ministry said on Friday, citing interim investigation results.
South Koreans gathered in huge numbers in the capital Seoul on Saturday, supporting or opposing impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol before a court rules whether martial law disqualifies him from office.
