SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Yonhap) -- Senior officials from South Korea and Poland have held talks and reaffirmed their commitment to ...

South Korea's Yoon Defends His Martial Law Decree in His First Public Appearance Since His Arrest SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s impeached president denied Tuesday that he ordered the ...

His detention ended a weekslong political standoff and hand-wringing over what South Korea should do with a leader who declared martial law last month, a move that threatened decades of hard ...

SEOUL, Jan. 21 (UPI) --South Korean President Yoon ... Yoon said that he declared martial law to protect the public from the "pro-North Korea anti-state forces" in the opposition Democratic ...

SEOUL — South Korea’s impeached president denied Tuesday that he ordered the military to drag lawmakers out of the National Assembly to prevent them from voting to reject his martial law ...

Yoon Suk Yeol’s presence at the court was his first public appearance since becoming South Korea’s first sitting president to be detained over his short-lived declaration of martial law ...

Yoon's martial law, the first of its kind in South Korea for more than 40 years, lasted only six hours. Yoon sent troops and police officers to the National Assembly, but enough lawmakers managed ...

South Korea, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. The letters read "The Seoul Western District Court." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) ...

South Korea, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) In a statement issued through lawyers, Yoon lamented that the court did not recognize the “just purpose” of his martial law ...

One of the lawyers also criticised unproven claims of irregularities at the election commission, which Yoon cited as a factor for justifying martial law. "In South Korea's current national chaos ...

A picture of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is seen on the vehicle during a rally to oppose his impeachment outside of a detention center in Uiwang, South Korea, Friday ...