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South Korea's impeached prime minister says cabinet expressed concerns over martial law plan
South Korea's impeached prime minister told parliament on Thursday that "everyone" in a hastily-arranged meeting of ministers expressed concerns about President Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law plan before he announced it on December 3.
South Korea’s Yoon denies ordering removal of lawmakers during martial law
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol attended the sixth impeachment hearing on 6 February, 2025, amid ongoing accusations of ordering military actions against lawmakers during his controversial martial law declaration.
South Korea's Yoon in court again for impeachment hearings
South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, who has been arrested and suspended from duties over his declaration of martial law, was in court again Tuesday for hearings that will decide whether to officially remove him from office.
The pastor and the president: the religious hardliner backing South Korea’s Yoon
Yoon and his legal team have repeatedly invoked far-right claims, without evidence, of a conspiracy between South Korea’s left-wing opposition and Pyongyang as they defend the president from criminal charges of insurrection and try to convince the constitutional court to reinstate him.
South Korean prosecutors indict impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his martial law
Yonhap news agency says South Korean prosecutors have indicted the impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his imposition of martial law.
South Korean military officer says he believed Yoon's martial law 'legitimate'
A top South Korean military commander said on Tuesday he trusted President Yoon Suk Yeol to be making a legitimate decision when he declared martial law, but declined to say if the impeached leader gave orders to "drag" lawmakers out of parliament.
South Korea’s top commander testifies against Yoon in impeachment trial
A senior South Korean military commander has testified in court that he was asked how to cut electricity to parliament during last year’s failed martial law attempt by impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol receives seven jail visits a day; president's lawyers say Yoon unfairly criticised
SEOUL: Arrested President Yoon Suk Yeol received a total of 70 outside visitors while imprisoned, from Jan 15 to Monday (Feb 3), meaning Yoon received seven visits a day on average for the 10 weekdays ...
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What Will South Korea’s Post-Yoon Foreign Policy Look Like?
With the passing of “engagement,” the mood had darkened considerably in Seoul, mirroring a new, bellicose swagger evident ...
South Korea’s offshore energy bids under scrutiny after Yoon-endorsed gas field letdown
South Korea’s offshore energy exploration projects have come under scrutiny after a highly publicised deep-sea gas field was ...
South Korea's ex-defence minister calls protesters who stormed court 'patriots'
A former South Korean defence minister charged with insurrection over his role in a short-lived martial law declaration has ...
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How Polarization Undermines Democracy in South Korea
South Korean President Yoon's recent declaration of martial law highlights the nation's political disfunction. Dr. Yul Sohn ...
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Why Yoon’s claims of martial law being about election fraud don’t hold water
Prosecutors pinpoint October 2024, a time of heightened scrutiny of him and his wife, as when the president began acting on plans for martial law ...
Posts target South Korean judge with doctored Chinese flag picture
As South Korea's Constitutional Court adjudicates President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment, Justice Moon Hyung-bae has become ...