In the wake of Yoon Suk-yeol’s failed self-coup on December 3, South Korean citizens took to the streets to protect the country’s democracy, staging a massive protest led by women in their 20s ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has been detained, in the second attempt by investigators to make good on a warrant as they investigate Yoon for treason charges stemming from his declaration ...

SEOUL: In the shadow of Seoul's centuries-old Gwanghwamun Gate, young businesswoman Shin Ji-young wears a rainbow headband ...

South Korea's impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has been arrested following a tense standoff that unfolded under the cover ...

The South Korean president's declaration of martial law came as a surprise to South Koreans and the rest of the world [AFP] ...

Yoon Suk Yeol rose to power by courting antifeminists. Now young women are going to be his downfall. Protesters wave light sticks during a demonstration demanding President Yoon Suk Yeol’s ...

South Korea’s president Yoon Suk Yeol has finally been arrested and taken in for questioning, ending a stand-off lasting more than a month after his martial law declaration threw the country ...

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SEOUL, Jan 18 (Reuters) - South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol attended a court hearing on Saturday to fight a request by investigators to extend his detention on accusations of ...

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, in a message to conservative supporters rallying outside his Seoul residence, vowed to “fight to the end” against “anti-state forces,” while ...