The country has doubled down on its defense relationship with the United States in recent years. President Trump's treatment of allies is prompting some to question the wisdom of that path.
The country's Constitutional Court on Friday upheld the impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol, removing him from office four months after his short-lived imposition of martial law.
Five friends defied the junta to care for people injured in the military coup. One returned from the battlefield to find his four friends among the dead in the March 28 earthquake.
The Greek island of Santorini was shaken by thousands of mostly smaller-scale temblors. Now, residents have returned, and they hope visitors will, too.
More than 14,000 police officers have been deployed ahead of Friday's decision by the Constitutional Court in the impeachment case of President Yoon Suk Yeol.