Four months after his release, South Korea’s disgraced former President Yoon Suk Yeol has been sent back to a detention ...

On Friday, South Korea's Constitutional Court ruled Yoon Suk Yeol had abused his power by declaring martial law last December, and permanently removed him from office. Before that, South Korea was ...

The special counsel team led by Cho Eun-suk, which is investigating the Dec. 3 martial law case, has barred visits to former ...

South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was released from prison on Saturday after a court canceled his arrest to allow him to stand trial.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife Kim Keon Hee arrive for a celebration to mark 76th anniversary of Korea Armed Forces Day in Seongnam on October 1, 2024. Kim Hong-Ji/Pool/AFP ...

President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea has served a term plagued with problems and scandals following his narrow electoral win in 2022. Now he has been detained by investigators over his ill-fated ...

South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol attends the third session of the G20 Leaders' Meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Nov. 19, 2024. The impeachment case now rests with the Constitutional ...

South Korea's impeached president detained as fallout from martial law declaration continues 01:41. Seoul, South Korea — A South Korean court on Friday ordered impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol ...

Yoon Suk Yeol, 62, is the President of South Korea. He began his five-year term last May. Yoon defeated Democratic candidate Lee Jae-myung as a political newcomer, winning by a margin of less than 1%.

South Korean authorities have granted a request to extend a warrant to detain the country’s suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol for questioning over his surprise declaration of martial law last month.

Mr. Yoon, the leading conservative candidate, hopes to win the election by appealing to South Koreans who are deeply dissatisfied with the outgoing administration. ... Yoon Suk-yeol, ...

South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol faces a new and potentially more robust attempt to arrest him for insurrection after a top investigator vowed to do whatever it takes to break a security ...