South Korea

Members of the national assembly banned from entering building after president announces 'emergency martial law'

South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol declared an "emergency martial law" on Tuesday, accusing the opposition of paralyzing the government with anti-state ...

In a surprise late night television address he says the move was necessary to protect the country from North Korea's communist forces.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has announced in a surprise television address that he is declaring martial law across the country. He has accused the ...

“To safeguard a liberal South Korea from the threats posed by North Korea's communist forces and to eliminate antistate elements, … I hereby declare emergency ...

The move - invoking temporary military rule - has been roundly condemned by opponents and some within his own party.

Yoon Suk Yeol says in late-night address that opposition parties have taken parliamentary process hostage.

Food Business Operators (FBO's) were informed by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) on Monday, December 2, that Irish beef produced at ...

President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law late on Tuesday amid a dispute with opposition parties he accused of pro-North Korean sympathies and anti-state ...

South Korea's president has said he will lift martial law after a night of angry protests. MPs earlier voted to block the leader's shock move, ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said he would lift his order to impose martial law, hours after triggering a political crisis in the country.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said he would lift a martial law order, just hours after his decree plunged the country into political uncertainty and ...

South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol's shocking late-night declaration of martial law brought years of clashes with domestic opponents, the media and even ...

In a shocking turn of events, martial law was declared late at night by the president of South Korea, giving him extraordinary powers.

Six hours after stunning the country by declaring martial law, Yoon reversed his decision and faced calls to step down.

Yoon's shock bid to impose South Korea's first martial law in over four decades has sparked calls for his impeachment unless he steps down immediately.

South Korean politicians called for the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol after he declared martial law only to reverse the move hours later, ...

South Korea has only been governed democratically since 1988, with a previous history of military-authoritarian rule dating back to the Korean war.

South Korea's main opposition party on Wednesday urged South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to resign immediately or face impeachment.

A failed attempt to declare martial law and a killer nurse being investigated over baby deaths feature in the headlines.

South Korean politicians are calling for the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol after he declared martial law only to reverse the move hours later, ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's future is hanging in the balance after a chaotic night during which he dramatically declared martial law and then ...

President's actions will almost certainly cost him his office as impeachment proceedings planned against him.

South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol called for martial law and then backed down. Here is what we know.

South Korean officials stepped in to shore up support for the country's financial markets as investors braced for political uncertainty after President Yoon ...

South Korea is reeling after a whiplash eight hours during which the country's embattled president declared martial law but was forced to lift it amid ...

The National Assembly can impeach the president if more than two-thirds of lawmakers vote for it. A trial is then held by the constitutional court.

President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law before rescinding it hours later.

If Mr Yoon is impeached, he will be stripped of his constitutional powers until the Constitutional Court can rule on his fate.

A recap of a dramatic night that saw South Koreans rush to overturn the president's shock martial law order.

Opposition parties have filed a motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol and plans for rallies in major cities are underway.

Opposition pushes for vote to remove Yoon Suk Yeol after failed attempt to impose martial law.

Calls to impeach President Yoon grows after he was forced to reverse his decision to impose martial law in South Korea.

CNN Senior International Correspondent, Ivan Watson walks among hundreds of protesters in Seoul, South Korea, where citizens are marching towards the office ...

Since the separation of the Koreas in 1953, our elders have experienced the suspension of normal civil rights many times. But for the younger generation, ...