A special counsel team has determined former President Yoon Suk Yeol had prepared to declare martial law since late 2023, about a year before his failed bid in December 2024, officials said Monday.

An appeals court on Wednesday increased the sentence for former President Yoon Suk Yeol from five years to seven years in prison on obstruction of justice and other charges stemming from his failed ...

Seoul, South Korea — Former President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to life in prison for his brief imposition of martial law in a dramatic culmination to the country's biggest political crisis in ...

On December 3, 2024, then-President Yoon Suk-yeol declared martial law in the name of protecting the country from unspecified anti-state and pro-North Korea forces. According to South Korea’s ...

South Korea’s special prosecutor on Monday indicted former President Yoon Suk Yeol on additional charges of abusing power and aiding an enemy state related to his short-lived imposition of martial law ...

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Seoul pressed ahead with probes into last year’s martial law attempt as President Lee vowed firm accountability. The trial of former president Yoon for insurrection underscores the stakes for South ...

South Korea’s former president still faces criminal charges of leading an insurrection when he declared martial law. If found guilty, he could be imprisoned for life. By Jin Yu Young and Choe Sang-Hun ...

SEOUL (Reuters) -Just three years after South Korea's former President Yoon Suk Yeol moved the presidential office from the historic Blue House, his potential successors are vowing to move again, as ...

The court upheld an April ruling by the Seoul High Court that found Yoon guilty of infringing on Cabinet members' right to deliberate before he declared martial law, falsifying the official ...

A South Korean court on Friday sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison on charges that included obstructing attempts by authorities to arrest him following his failed bid to ...

An independent counsel on Tuesday demanded the death sentence for former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on rebellion charges in connection with his short-lived imposition of martial law in ...