South Korea, martial law

South Korea’s Impeached President Fends Off Arrest Attempt Over Martial-Law Decree
Yoon Suk Yeol’s bodyguards thwarted investigators in another tense showdown resulting from his short-lived martial law decree.
Opinion
Commentary: How South Korea’s martial law and impeachment saga affects the US
South Korea, one of Washington’s closest allies in East Asia, is no stranger to scandal and political intrigue. But the last two weeks of political infighting in Seoul has made
South Korea's Yoon, facing unprecedented arrest over martial law, vows to 'fight until end'
The impeached president faces an attempt by authorities to arrest him over his short-lived Dec. 3 martial law.
S. Korea's Yoon ignored cabinet opposition to martial law: prosecutors
South Korea's suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol ignored the objections of key cabinet ministers before his failed martial law bid last month, according to a prosecutors' report seen by AFP on Sunday.The court may take the prosecutors' report on Kim -- one of the first indicted over the martial law bid -- into consideration.
South Korea In Political Crisis After President Resists Arrest
South Korea's political leadership was in uncharted territory Saturday after the sitting president resisted arrest over a failed martial law decree days before the warrant expires.
South Korea investigators ask acting president to clear way for Yoon's arrest
The security service and military troops prevented prosecutors from arresting Yoon Suk Yeol in a six-hour standoff inside Yoon's compound on Friday.
Rival camps protest as South Korea president resists arrest
Thousands of rival South Korean protesters rallied in the capital Saturday, a day after a failed attempt to arrest suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol for imposing a short-lived martial law decree that led to his impeachment.
South Korea: Public reaction toward attempted arrest of impeached S Korean president Yoon
Some Seoul residents shared their views on the attempt to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol. On Friday, a group of prosecutors and investigators of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) arrived in the presidential residence in central Seoul,
South Korea: Supporters And Opponents Rally As Impeached President Yoon Faces Arrest 8
South Korean investigators attempted to detain the impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived imposition of martial law last month. Supporters of Yoon and demonstrators demanding his arrest gathered near the presidential residence in Hannam-dong,
South Korea asks security service to allow impeached president’s arrest
South Korean investigators on Saturday again asked the country’s acting president to clear the way for the arrest of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after a six-hour standoff earlier this week thwarted his detainment.
CBS News29d
South Korea's president avoids an impeachment attempt over martial law
South Korea's embattled President Yoon Suk ... a majority of South Koreans support the president's impeachment. Yoon's martial law declaration drew criticism from his own ruling ...
NPR1mon
After trying to impose martial law, South Korea's president faces an impeachment vote
SEOUL -- As new details emerged on Friday about a failed attempt by South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol to impose martial law this week, calls for his impeachment have strengthened.
USA Today22d
South Korea's Yoon defiant after impeachment over martial law bid
SEOUL, Dec 14 (Reuters) - South ... fresh impeachment vote, supported by large demonstrations. Yoon is also under criminal investigation for alleged insurrection over the martial law ...
The Washington Post1mon
South Korea’s president avoids impeachment after martial law misstep
who resigned after encouraging the president to declare martial law, and has been replaced. Yoon is now the third president since South Korea became a democracy to face impeachment ...
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South Korea's president avoids an impeachment attempt over short-lived martial law
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's embattled ... majority of South Koreans support the president’s impeachment. Yoon’s martial law declaration drew criticism from his own ruling ...
South Korean anti-corruption agency asks police to take over efforts to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol
South Korea’s anti-corruption agency has requested that police take over efforts to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol ...