By John Joseph Chin and Joe Wright Something unexpected — but hardly unprecedented — happened in South Korea on Dec. 3, 2024. With little warning, President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial ...
The reported development came a day after Yoon avoided an opposition-led bid to impeach him in parliament, with most ruling ...
President Yoon Suk Yeol’s stunning martial law declaration lasted just hours, but experts say it raised serious questions ...
A short-lived martial law decree by South Korea's leader last week raised worries about budding authoritarianism around the ...
South Korea's opposition leader, Lee Jae-myung, will push for another impeachment vote against President Yoon Suk-yeol.
Prosecutors arrested Kim Yong-hyun, escalating the legal fallout for central players who briefly instituted martial law this ...
Yoon’s defence minister, who is accused of suggesting the idea of imposing martial law to him, has been arrested ...
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol managed to avoid impeachment over the weekend by just a handful of votes. But pressure ...
Most ruling party lawmakers boycotted a parliamentary vote Saturday to deny a two-thirds majority needed to suspend President ...
South Korean police have arrested the country's former defence minister Kim Yong Hyun amid an investigation into alleged ...
Amidst political turmoil in South Korea, celebrities have also taken to social media to speak up about the issue. Previously ...
The East Asian democracy’s long history of military rule loomed large for the public as President Yoon Suk Yeol faced backlash against his emergency martial law.