SEOUL: A former South Korean defence minister charged with insurrection for his role in trying to enforce martial law defended his actions at the start of his trial on Monday (Mar 17) and blamed ...

Published in 2014, it was inspired by the democracy uprising in Gwangju on May 18, 1980. Under martial law, the military attacked pro-democracy citizens, killing and injuring many. In the novel ...

Lawyers for parliament have argued that if Yoon is reinstated, he could try to impose martial law again or undermine constitutional institutions. Yoon has argued that he had a right as president ...

Yoon was arrested and indicted in January over the Dec. 3 martial law decree that plunged the country into political turmoil. The opposition-controlled parliament separately voted to impeach him ...

A TV screen shows footage of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's address at the final hearing of his trial during a news program at a bus terminal in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb ...

South Korea's ousted premier said on Thursday that he had opposed suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of martial law, testifying for the first time at his former boss's impeachment ...

The liberal opposition-­controlled National Assembly impeached Yoon, a conservative, after his short-lived Dec 3 martial law decree caused political turmoil, rattled its financial markets and ...

MANILA, Philippines — Claims that martial law may be declared to quell protests against former President Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest are farthest from the truth because the administration’s ...