South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, the country's first sitting head of state to face a criminal trial, defended his failed ...

The impeached, jailed president now faces rebellion charges that are punishable by the death penalty or life in prison.

Yoon rescinded martial law six hours later after parliament defied military and police cordons to vote against the decree. During Thursday ... he shared names of people who might violate the ...

SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Yonhap) -- Former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun on Thursday downplayed allegations implicating President Yoon Suk Yeol in his short-lived imposition of martial law, speaking as a ...

"The reason for the declaration of martial law wasn't about a warning to the opposition. I was trying to appeal to the people to draw ... nodding at Kim during the testimony.

On Dec. 3, Yoon Suk Yeol, president of South Korea, declared martial law during a televised address in response to rising political tensions. The resultant panic in the financial and ...

Upbit and Bithumb, South Korea’s two biggest crypto exchanges, have agreed to pay customers around $2.4 million worth of compensation for outages during the martial law chaos of December 3. Maeil Ilbo ...

that the mother-in-law would be tagging along for six days of the trip — and staying in the same room. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the ...

South Korean crypto exchanges Upbit, Bithumb have agreed to compensate users with the largest payout ever following system failures caused by the martial law declaration ... with 62 minutes of ...

Yoon has been incarcerated since last week under a separate criminal probe on charges of leading an insurrection with his attempt to impose martial law in early ... of Yoon’s People Power ...

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 ...

South Korea’s impeached president has denied he ordered the military to drag MPs out of the National Assembly to stop them from voting to reject his martial law decree last month. Yoon Suk Yeol made ...