South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law Tuesday and ... the South Korean parliament shortly after Yoon’s announcement as lawmakers sought to quickly end what appeared to ...

South Korean prosecutors detained former defense minister Kim Yong-hyun, who allegedly recommended the martial law imposition and resigned in the wake of the scandal. Kim attempted to end his own ...

This marked the first time in over four decades martial law was declared in South Korea. Yoon had accused opposition lawmakers of throwing the country into a political crisis. South Korean ...

Under South Korean law, martial law can be lifted with a majority vote in the parliament, where the opposition Democratic Party holds a majority. Soon after the declaration, the National Assembly ...

However, by law, Yoon was required to honor the resolution passed by the South Korean parliament to end martial law.o end martial law. “The president should immediately lift the emergency ...

The South Korean Parliament voted to impeach acting President ... President Yoon Suk Yeol following his brief declaration of martial law that threw the country into a political crisis.

South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has been formally arrested, days after being apprehended at his ...

He lamented that the "rule of law has completely collapsed in this country" but said he was complying with the detention ...

South Korea's impeached President Yoon was detained as an anti-corruption agency is investigating whether his martial law ...

South Korea’s parliament ... Last week, South Korean prosecutors detained former defense minister Kim Yong-hyun, who allegedly recommended the martial law imposition and resigned in the wake of the ...

Seoul (CNN) — South Korea’s parliament ... less than two weeks after parliament stripped President Yoon Suk Yeol of his powers over his short-lived martial law order that plunged the country ...