A former South Korean defence minister charged with insurrection for his role in trying to enforce martial law defended his ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol gave a closing statement at his impeachment trial on Tuesday, apologizing to citizens for his short-lived declaration of martial law but defending the move.

Facing South Korea's Constitutional Court ... Yoon Suk Yeol said the country had been facing an "existential crisis" when he declared martial law in December last year. Yoon remained defiant as as he ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk ... prison – following his brief imposition of martial law last year. Yoon’s December 3 decree threw South Korea into turmoil when he banned political activity ...

South Korea's ousted premier said on Thursday that he had opposed suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of martial law, testifying for the first time at his former boss's impeachment ...

Even after South Korea’s Constitution Court delivers its verdict, the country’s fierce and fractured partisan divide is ...

South Korea’s ousted President Yoon ... Yoon’s lawyer Kim Hong-il last week insisted that “the declaration of martial law was not intended to paralyze the state.” Instead, he said, it ...