The South Korean Justice Ministry imposed an overseas ... bogging down state affairs and vowed to eliminate "shameless North Korea followers and anti-state forces." Yoon’s martial law decree ...

SEOUL — South Korea’s leadership crisis deepened on Sunday as prosecutors named President Yoon Suk Yeol as a subject of a criminal investigation over last week’s martial law attempt ...

South Korea’s embattled President Yoon Suk Yeol avoided an opposition-led attempt to impeach him over his short-lived imposition of martial law , as most ruling party lawmakers boycotted a ...

But the move plunged Asia's fourth-largest economy and key U.S. military ally into its greatest political crisis in decades, threatening to shatter South Korea's reputation as a democratic success ...

Opposition lawmakers attend a rally calling for President Yoon Suk-yeol to be impeached outside the National Assembly, Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 4, 2024. Credit: Democratic Party Political turmoil ...

SEOUL -- As new details emerged on Friday about a failed attempt by South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol to impose martial law this week, calls for his impeachment have strengthened. Parliament ...

SEOUL-South Korea’s Culture Ministry has sought to ease concerns about tourism safety in South Korea following a brief six-hour martial law declaration on the night of Dec 3. The Ministry of ...

As South Korea’s opposition began on Thursday the process of impeaching President Yoon Suk Yeol following his brief imposition of martial law, Beijing remained silent on the tumult in Seoul.

A night of political upheaval in South Korea has upended stability in a key democratic US ally – sending shock waves through the region and Washington at a moment of acute global tension.

The martial law declaration and revocation within six hours was the fiercest whiplash between military control and democracy that South Korea has endured since it became a democracy in 1987.

South Korean defence minister’s resignation follows short-lived martial law declaration and as Russia-North Korea security pact comes into force. South Korean Defence Minister Kim Yong-hyun ...