SEOUL--South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol is putting up a desperate fight for his political life at Seoul’s Constitutional ...

The president of South Korea early Wednesday lifted the martial law he imposed on the country hours earlier, bending to ...

A special prosecution team has requested the death penalty for former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, who was removed from the presidency in April 2025 over his illegitimate declaration of ...

South Korea's jailed former president Yoon Suk Yeol arrived at the Seoul Central District Court on Friday for a new criminal ...

Anthony Kuhn is NPR's correspondent based in Seoul, South Korea, reporting on the Korean Peninsula, Japan, and the great diversity of Asia's countries and cultures. Before moving to Seoul in 2018, he ...

On December 3, 2024, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol declared martial law, accusing the opposition of anti-state ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A 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 ...

President Lee Jae Myung said S. Korea will designate Dec. 3 as People's Sovereignty Day to commemorate resistance to the 2024 ...

Yoon and military commanders tried to lure North Korea into mounting an armed aggression against the South. But this failed as the North did not resort to military force. The special counsel has ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was found guilty of leading an insurrection on Thursday and sentenced to life in prison for his brief imposition of martial law in ...

Ahn Young-joon / AP SEOUL, South Korea — A year after his predecessor’s effort to impose martial law failed amid public outcry, South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung praised ordinary citizens on ...