SEOUL, Jan 23 — South Korea’s anti-corruption officials today requested prosecutors indict impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol for insurrection and abuse of power for his short-lived martial law declaration.

SEOUL, Jan 20 — South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol refused to be questioned by investigators today under a probe into whether he committed insurrection, as dozens of his supporters faced being charged over a violent rampage on a court building.

SEOUL, Jan 19 — Hundreds of supporters of South Korea’s arrested president, Yoon Suk Yeol, stormed a court building early today after his detention was extended, smashing windows and breaking inside, an attack the country’s acting leader called “unimaginable”.

SEOUL, Jan 15 — South Korean authorities today arrested impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over insurrection allegations, with the embattled leader saying he agreed to comply with what he called an illegal probe to avoid “bloodshed”.

SEOUL, Jan 14 — South Korea’s Constitutional Court adjourned the opening session of the impeachment trial of suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol within minutes today, after the embattled leader did not attend court.

SEOUL, Jan 12 — South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol will not attend the first formal hearing of the trial to determine if he is removed from office or reinstated because of concerns about his safety, Yonhap News reported, citing his lawyer.

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SEOUL, Dec 31 — A Seoul court on Tuesday approved a request from law enforcement authorities to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his brief martial law imposition, making him the first sitting South Korean president to face an arrest.

SEOUL, Dec 30 — South Korean investigators have sought an arrest warrant for suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol over this month’s short-lived imposition of martial law, an official said today, the first time an incumbent president has faced such action.

SEOUL, Dec 27 — Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok will take on his role as acting president on Friday, after the opposition-controlled National Assembly's motion to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo, his office confirmed, according to the Yonhap News Agency.

SEOUL, Dec 27 — South Korea’s National Assembly voted to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo less on Friday, than two weeks after he took over from President Yoon Suk-yeol, who was impeached for his botched imposition of martial law, Yonhap News Agency reported.

SEOUL — South Korea's main opposition party said it will introduce a bill to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo on Thursday and hold a vote on Friday, a move that could deepen the country's constitutional crisis triggered by a short-lived martial law.

GWACHEON, De 26 — South Korea’s suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol did not respond yesterday to a second summons by anti-graft authorities who, along with prosecutors, are investigating his short-lived martial law decree issued early this month.

LONDON, Dec 25 — Democracy looks bruised but not beaten as it heads into 2025.

SEOUL, Dec 16 — South Korea's finance ministry vowed yesterday to continue to swiftly deploy market stabilising measures as needed to support the economy after President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached over his brief imposition of martial law.

SEOUL, Dec 15 — South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's impeachment on Saturday, suspending him from his official duties, capped 11 days of political crisis that roiled his country, sparked by his surprise decision to impose martial law.

SEOUL, Dec 15 — South Korea’s People Power Party’s (PPP) floor leader Kweon Seong-dong has said that the ruling party has rejected a proposal by the country's main opposition party to set up a consultative body to stabilise the operation of state affairs, reported Xinhua.

SEOUL, Dec 14 — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached today in a second vote by the opposition-led Parliament over his short-lived attempt last week to impose martial law, a move that shocked the nation and split his party.

SEOUL, Dec 14 — South Korean lawmakers started voting today on a second motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his attempt to impose martial law, a move that shocked the nation, split his party and imperilled his presidency half way through his term.

SEOUL, Dec 13 — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said yesterday he would "fight to the end" as his own political party shifted closer to voting with the opposition to impeach him over his short-lived martial law order that threw the US ally into turmoil.