Hong Jang-won, former 1st Deputy Director of the National Intelligence Service, who claimed to have received an order from former President Yoon Suk-yeol to “arrest everyone” during the December 3 ...

South Korean appeals court on Wednesday sentenced ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol to seven years in prison for resisting ...

Former President Yoon Suk-yeol engaged in a heated dispute with Hong Jang-won, former First Deputy Director of the National Intelligence Service (NIS), during an insurrection trial held at the Seoul ...

A South Korean appellate court increased the sentence of former president Yoon Suk-yeol for obstruction of justice and other ...

Yoon Suk Yeol has become the first president of South Korea to be arrested and sentenced to prison after he was charged with insurrection for declaring martial law in 2024 and throwing the country ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol declares martial law in a televised address from the presidential office building in Yongsan, Seoul, on Dec. 3, 2024. Credit: President’s Office, Republic of Korea ...

The jail sentence has been increased for obstructing justice, the court said, while citing abuse of power among other ...

The South Korean president's declaration of martial law came as a surprise to South Koreans and the rest of the world South Korea's impeached president Yook Suk Yeol has been jailed for life for ...