Pre-election surveys suggest Yoon Suk Yeol's liberal rival, Lee Jae-myung, appears headed for an easy win, riding a wave of public frustration in the wake of Yoon's martial law debacle.

South Korea’s parliament voted Saturday to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived martial law decree, a historic rebuke that was cheered by jubilant crowds who described the ...

People attend a candlelight vigil condemning South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's surprise declaration of martial law last night, which was reversed hours later, and to call for his resignation ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Millions of South Koreans are voting Tuesday for a new president in a snap election triggered by the ouster of Yoon Suk Yeol ... markets are very vulnerable to such ...

Ties between the two Koreas deteriorated under the hardline administration of hawkish ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol. But Yoon was impeached and stripped of office earlier this year over an abortive ...

Lee, 60, the candidate of the liberal opposition Democratic Party, is to take office later Wednesday for a full, single five-year term, succeeding Yoon Suk Yeol, a conservative who was felled over ...

Lee Jae-myung speaks during a Dec. 15 news conference about the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol. (Lee Jin-man / Associated Press) Few of the allegations against Lee have stuck.

Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung (C) joined a demonstration against impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul on March 22, 2025 ...

New South Korean President Lee Jae-myung described his victory as the start of the country’s return to normalcy, after winning a tense election that capped off months of political turmoil ...

Lee, 60, the candidate of the liberal opposition Democratic Party, is to take office later Wednesday for a full, single five-year term, succeeding Yoon Suk Yeol, a conservative who was felled over ...

With ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol’s trial set to run until mid-December, he won't face a verdict until several months after the new president is elected. The Criminal Act stipulates that those ...

Some of the same young people who demonstrated after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law said they were disappointed by their choices in Tuesday’s election.