Yonhap news agency says South Korean prosecutors have indicted the impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his imposition of martial law.

South Korean authorities arrested impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday over insurrection accusations related to his Dec. 3 martial law declaration, investigators said. A motorcade was ...

Hundreds of police officers in South Korea stormed the presidential compound in Seoul overnight between Tuesday and Wednesday, arresting impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol. The arrest was made ...

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean authorities arrested impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday over insurrection accusations related to his Dec. 3 martial law declaration, investigators said.

Yoon Suk Yeol has been charged with insurrection over his short-lived martial law declaration. The unprecedented indictment means Yoon Suk Yeol faces decades in prison if convicted. Yoon Suk Yeol ...

South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested Wednesday by the country's Corruption Investigation Office for High Ranking officials, a first for a sitting South Korean leader. This was the ...

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SEOUL — South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, was formally arrested early Sunday, days after being apprehended at his presidential compound in Seoul, as he faces possible ...

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South Korea’s suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested on Wednesday morning - after a six-hour stand-off. Police entered the politician's compound but faced a showdown at the gate with ...

A TV screen shows a file image of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol as supporters of impeached Yoon stage a rally to oppose his impeachment near the presidential residence in Seoul, South Korea ...

However, his lawyer Yun Gap-geun said Sunday that the impeached president would attend the hearing if the concerns about “personal safety and mishaps” are resolved. Yoon shocked the nation ...