On December 3, 2024, then-President Yoon Suk-yeol declared martial law in the name of protecting the country from unspecified anti-state and pro-North Korea forces. According to South Korea’s ...

A South Korean court heard arguments Tuesday seeking the death penalty for former President Yoon Suk Yeol, as prosecutors accused the ousted leader of orchestrating a rebellion through his ...

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's disgraced former president Yoon Suk Yeol could be banished to death row on February 19 ...

A mask of former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol lies on the street after a protest in front of the National Assembly in Seoul on Dec. 3, 2025. A mask of former South Korean President Yoon ...

Then South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol attends a plenary session during the G20 summit. Alexandre Durão/G20/dpa South Korea's former president Yoon Suk Yeol was accused by special investigators on ...

SEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison Friday on some charges related to his imposition of martial law. The verdict is the first ...

An independent counsel on Tuesday demanded the death sentence for former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on rebellion charges in connection with his short-lived imposition of martial law in ...

A special prosecution team has requested the death penalty for former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, who was removed from the presidency in April 2025 over his illegitimate declaration of ...

Yoon Suk Yeol has become the first sitting president in South Korean history to be arrested by law enforcement agents, after his compound was finally breached on Wednesday by officials investigating ...