South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol claimed on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, that declaring martial law was not a crime.
Impeached South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested on Wednesday over his failed martial law bid, ending a weeks-long standoff with authorities and becoming the first sitting president to be detained in the nation's history.
Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was detained by police at his residence Wednesday morning for questioning over his short-lived martial law attempt.
The rapid response to Yoon’s attempts to subvert the democratic system showed that some lines had been crossed and that South Korea’s people were unwilling to accept it. This had to do with South Korea’s brutal post-war history and its hard-won path to democracy.
South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol attended a court hearing to contest a detention extension request amid insurrection allegations
Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol refuses to cooperate with investigators probing his failed martial law bid, defying arrest and detention.
Yoon and his ruling party supporters remain defiant against the insurrection charges. He is South Korea's first sitting president to be detained.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been detained after a massive law enforcement operation at the presidential compound that ended a weeks-long stand-off between his bodyguards and the country’s
Yoon on Wednesday became the country’s first sitting president to be arrested, in a criminal probe related to his short-lived declaration of martial law on Dec. 3
South Korean authorities have detained impeached President President Yoon Suk Yeol after an hours-long stand-off.
South Korean law enforcement officials on Wednesday detained impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his brief imposition of martial law last month. In a video m