South Korean police tried to search President Yoon Suk Yeol's office on Wednesday but have not been able to enter the main ...

Former Defence Minister Kim Yong-hyun, a close confidant of Yoon, attempted suicide late Tuesday night. He is under arrest ...

Police, prosecutors and investigators have deemed President Yoon Suk Yeol as a suspect in a rare investigation into a sitting ...

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South Korea's military prepared for martial law amid North Korean threats, with personnel mobilized shortly before the ...

The following is the Dec. 6, 2024, Congressional Research Service, In Focus report U.S.-North Korea Relations. From the ...

In its first coverage of last week’s short-lived martial law order, North Korean state media focused on protests calling for the ouster of President Yoon Suk Yeol.

A prison official says South Korea's ex-defense chief Kim Yong Hyun tried to kill himself after being arrested over the martial law declaration he's accused of suggesting.

The raid marks a dramatic escalation of the probe against Yoon and top police and military officers over the surprise Dec.

Former Defense Minister Kim Yong Hyun was formally arrested over his alleged collusion with in imposing martial law last week, as authorities investigate whether their acts amount to rebellion.

Yoon’s ill-conceived power grab has paralyzed South Korean politics, frozen its foreign policy and rattled financial markets.

Separately, Kim Yong-hyun, former defence minister and a close confidant of Yoon, attempted suicide at a detention centre where he is held after being arrested, a Justice Ministry official told a parl ...