Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was back in a solitary jail cell on Thursday with basic food and a khaki prison uniform after prosecutors secured a new detention warrant over his bid to ...

Mr. Yoon’s martial law rose and fell in such a bewildering sequence of events that South Koreans still wonder how their country, considered one of Asia’s most vibrant democracies, was pushed ...

The constitutional crisis began on Dec. 3 when Yoon declared martial law and dispatched troops to the National Assembly. Lawmakers defied hundreds of soldiers and police officers to enter the ...

Yoon’s martial law declaration on Dec. 3 lasted only six... Pro-Yoon Suk Yeol supporters gather outside the official residence of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Jan. 2, 2025 ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, who stunned the world by declaring martial law, avoided impeachment as his party’s lawmakers boycotted the vote. Dec. 7, 2024 ...

President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived declaration of martial law last month has created South Korea’s biggest constitutional crisis since the country democratized in the late 1980s.. On ...

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Pre-election surveys suggest Yoon Suk Yeol's liberal rival, Lee Jae-myung, appears headed for an easy win, riding a wave of public frustration in the wake of Yoon's martial law debacle.

The brief declaration of martial law in South Korea last month has drawn comparisons to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The attempted power grabs could hold lessons for other ...