South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, the country's first sitting head of state to face a criminal trial, defended his failed martial law bid by citing communist threats. His assertion fuelled ...

Yoon’s detention, after a tense standoff outside the presidential residence, marks the latest chapter in a bewildering series of events since his martial law decree.

South Korean prosecutors have indicted the impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on rebellion in connection with his martial law decree that plunged the country into political turmoil.

As South Korea's Constitutional Court adjudicates President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment, Justice Moon Hyung-bae has become ...

Yoon Suk Yeol has become the first sitting president in South Korean history to be arrested by law enforcement agents, after his compound was finally breached on Wednesday by officials investigating ...

SEOUL - South Korea's opposition parties on Tuesday submitted a bill to appoint a special counsel and investigate the alleged ...

This was the South Korean authorities' second attempt to arrest Yoon.

South Korean authorities arrested impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday over insurrection accusations related to his Dec. 3 martial law declaration, investigators said. A motorcade was ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was impeached and is now in detention, was indicted on charges relating to his ...

Police officers patrol near the residence of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul on Jan. 15, 2025. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images In a pre-recorded video message to the ...

Supporters of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol attend ... Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images The indictment follows Yoon’s arrest ten days ago, when South Korean prosecutors ...