Declaring martial law in a stable and boisterous democracy was an audacious gamble – and one that backfired spectacularly for former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol. With Friday’s guilty ...

South Korea’s Constitutional Court has unanimously removed Yoon Suk Yeol as president after he threw the nation into turmoil by declaring martial law and sending troops to parliament in an ill-fated ...

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SEOUL — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, whose declaration of martial law in December involved special forces storming the National Assembly and National Election Commission, was officially ...

SEOUL, April 14 (Reuters) - South Korea's ousted leader Yoon Suk Yeol argued that his brief martial law declaration late last year was "not a coup d’etat" as he appeared in court on Monday for ...

South Korea's Constitutional Court has upheld parliament's impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol and removed him from office SEOUL, South Korea -- SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Yoon Suk Yeol’s ...

South Korean police raided the office of former president Yoon Suk Yeol and his security detail on Wednesday (April 16, 2025), as part of a spiralling criminal probe into the impeached leader.

The drama that has engulfed South Korea's politics is far from over. Former president Yoon Suk Yeol's decision to enact martial law and send troops onto Seoul streets last year cost him his job.

South Korea’s Constitutional Court removed impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol from office on Friday, ending his tumultuous presidency and setting up an election to find a new leader, four months ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Yoon Suk Yeol's political rise was fast: the former star prosecutor clinched South Korea's presidency only a year after he entered politics. But his downfall was even ...

South Korea's Constitutional Court has formally upheld the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol following an aborted attempt to declare martial law late last year. It is a move that will ...