Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was released from detention on Saturday after a court voided his arrest on procedural grounds — but he remains under investigation over his declaration of martial law. The suspended president, who was detained in a dawn raid in January on insurrection charges over his Dec 3 attempt to…
South Korea’s prosecutors indicted impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Sunday on charges of leading an insurrection with his short-lived imposition of martial law on December 3, Yoon’s lawyers and the main opposition party said. Yoon’s lawyers criticised the indictment as the “worst choice” made by the prosecution service, while the main opposition party welcomed…
South Korean anti-graft investigators were waiting on Tuesday for a new court-ordered arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, whose failed martial law bid threw the country into turmoil. The former star prosecutor has refused questioning three times over a bungled martial law decree last month and is holed up in his residence surrounded…
South Korean lawmakers will vote on Saturday to decide whether to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed attempt to impose martial law, marking a second parliamentary showdown that remains uncertain. The vote, scheduled for around 4:00 pm (0700 GMT), will focus on a resolution for impeachment due to “insurrectionary acts,” following an unsuccessful…
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has been banned from leaving the country over a failed attempt at imposing martial law, amid growing calls for him to step down and a deepening leadership crisis. Oh Dong-woon, the head of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials, said on Monday he ordered a ban on foreign travel…
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has made a public apology for his attempt to impose martial law this week but did not resign, defying intense pressure to step down – even from some in his own party – only hours before a planned impeachment vote. In a televised address to the nation on Saturday, Yoon…
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday looked increasingly likely to be unseated after the head of his ruling party demanded he be stripped of office for briefly imposing martial law. If Yoon remains, “there is a significant risk that extreme actions similar to the martial law declaration could be repeated, which could put…
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday declared martial law in an unannounced late-night address broadcast live on YTN television, claiming he would eradicate “shameless pro-North Korean anti-state forces”. He did not cite any specific threat from the nuclear-armed North, however, instead focusing on his domestic political opponents. The surprise move sent shockwaves through…
