The former South Korean defence minister, charged with insurrection for his role in a short-lived martial law attempt, told a court on Thursday that he wanted a broader military deployment but was ...

December 16, 2024, Video: "When presented with a clear threat to democratic norms and institutions by the President’s declaration of martial law, many quarters of South Korean politics and society ...

Yoon Suk Yeol’s presence at the court was his first public appearance since becoming South Korea’s first sitting president to be detained over his short-lived declaration of martial law ...

SEOUL — South Korea’s impeached president denied Tuesday that he ordered the military to drag lawmakers out of the National Assembly to prevent them from voting to reject his martial law ...

Yoon has been incarcerated since last week under a separate criminal investigation into whether he led an insurrection by seeking to impose martial law in early December, which shocked the nation ...

The impeached president has been incarcerated since last week under separate criminal charges of leading an insurrection through his attempt to enact martial law in early December, a move that ...

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Hours after South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was formally arrested, triggering rioting by his supporters, his lawyers said Sunday that he remains defiant in his refusal to answer ...

Detained South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol became on Sunday the first sitting leader of the nation to be formally arrested after he incited an insurrection by declaring martial law in December. An ...

The rallies were held on the same day as Yoon arrived at a Seoul court for a hearing to oppose a formal arrest over last month’s imposition of martial law. (AP video by Tian Macleod Ji) Police ...

Investigators are examining whether Yoon's Dec. 3 martial law decree amounted to an attempted rebellion. While South Korean presidents have wide-ranging immunity from prosecution while in office ...

He faces possible imprisonment over his short-lived imposition of martial law, which set off the country’s most serious political crisis since its democratization in the late 1980s. Yoon’s ...