SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An independent counsel on Friday demanded a 10-year prison term for South Korea’s ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol in the first of seven criminal cases related to his ill-fated ...

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 ...

Yoon and military commanders tried to lure North Korea into mounting an armed aggression against the South. But this failed as the North did not resort to military force. The special counsel has ...

South Korean prosecutors have demanded the death penalty for former president Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed attempt to impose martial law in December 2024. The demand was made during an insurrection ...

(Yasuyoshi CHIBA/AFP/AFP) Yoon Suk Yeol's botched attempt to impose martial law last year plunged South Korea into its worst political crisis in decades, providing fertile ground for disinformation to ...

Former President Yoon Suk Yeol began preparations for his short-lived imposition of martial law in or before October 2023, more than a year before the December 2024 declaration, a special counsel team ...

In his special address commemorating the first anniversary of then-South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s illegitimate declaration of martial law, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung said on December ...

South Korean government prosecutors have recommended that former President Yoon Suk Yeol be punished with death for his stunning effort early in December 2024 to return to dictatorship. This is an ...

A South Korean court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison Friday on some charges related to his imposition of martial law. The verdict is the first against Yoon in the ...