The BBC has spoken to people close to the president to understand what drove him to trigger an authoritarian takeover.

South Korea’s Constitutional Court has unanimously removed Yoon Suk Yeol as president after he threw the nation into turmoil by declaring martial law and sending troops to parliament in an ill-fated ...

The ruling caps months of political turmoil that have overshadowed efforts to deal with the new administration of U.S.

South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was removed form office Friday, four months after he declared martial law, ...

South Korea's ousted leader Yoon Suk Yeol argued that his brief martial law declaration late last year was "not a coup d’etat ...

Reaction to a court verdict ousting South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol from office was a vivid window into the nation’s ...

Martial law lasted only six hours ... Lee in the close-fought 2022 presidential election. But after becoming president, Yoon has faced criticism that he refused to replace officials implicated ...

A president can serve only one five-year term. Yoon Suk Yeol has also been fighting criminal charges of leading an insurrection over the imposition of martial law, in a separate trial that began ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who declared martial law and had special forces storm the National Assembly, is removed ...

SEOUL, South Korea — Four months after briefly declaring martial law and sending troops to occupy parliament, South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol has been removed from office. In a unanimous ...

South Korea's Constitutional Court unanimously removed President Yoon Suk Yeol from office Friday following his brief declaration of martial law in December. The eight justices ruled that his ...