South Korea's president has been removed from office after the Constitutional Court voted unanimously to uphold his impeachment. Yoon Suk Yeol was suspended from duty in December after being ...

For Lee, South Korea’s brief return to martial law evoked a period in May 1980, when he was a 15-year-old factory worker in a Seoul suburb who had quit school to help his family make ends meet.

Protesters attend a rally demanding South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment, in front of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, following the president's ...

Lee Jae-myung, South Korea’s new president, appearing at a post-election rally with his wife, Kim Hye-kyeong, in Seoul on Wednesday. Jun Michael Park for The New York Times ...

South Korean markets ended Monday mixed, CNBC reported, with the blue-chip Kospi losing 0.22%, while the benchmark Kosdaq ended the day 0.69% higher.

SEOUL — South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, who stunned the world this week by declaring martial law, has narrowly avoided being impeached, as his party’s lawmakers boycotted the ...

Martial law was first decreed in South Korea in 1948 by then-President Syngman Rhee after government forces faced a communist-led military rebellion. Rhee, who was president for 12 years, would ...

After 11 days of political limbo in South Korea, the Parliament has voted to impeach the president. President Yoon Suk Yeol attempted to invoke martial law earlier this month, sparking mass protests.

Here’s what South Korea’s three leading presidential candidates say about tariffs and the U.S.-South Korea relationship under President Trump.

South Korean National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik announces the result of the impeachment vote of acting president Han Duck-soo on Dec. 27, 2024. JUNG YEON-JE / AFP via Getty Images ...

• South Korea was plunged into political chaos after President Yoon Suk Yeol’saborted attempt to declare martial law, which sparked a fierce backlash and mounting pressure for him to step down.