Is South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on the verge of being forced out of office for declaring martial law nearly a week ...

In 1972, a South Korean president instigated a self-coup and succeeded. Understanding why – and why the latest attempt failed ...

This was the last time the country was under martial law, up until last week’s shock and short-lived declaration by President ...

South Korea's political troubles come as it marks the 45th anniversary of the start of a military dictatorship, following the ...

After his baffling, dark-of-night martial law edict on December 3, the first in more than 40 years, throngs of lawmakers and ...

AT PENPOINTThe imposition of martial law by South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol may have had to be withdrawn, but it was not ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has made a fiery televised statement, defending his short-lived martial law decree as a ...

Army Gen. Park Chung-hee led several thousand troops into Seoul in the early hours of May 16, 1961, in the country’s first coup. He led South Korea for nearly 20 years and proclaimed martial law ...

The opposition is pressing ahead with a second attempt to impeach Yoon Suk Yeol, and there are signs some members of the president’s party will support his ouster.

President Yoon Suk Yeol listed numerous grievances against opposition lawmakers in an effort to justify his actions.

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North Korea, in its first public response to last week’s events, lambasted its southern neighbor as a “fascist dictatorship.” ...