3 days ago · SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean prosecutors on Sunday indicted impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on rebellion in connection with his short-lived imposition of martial law, a criminal charge that could incur the death penalty or life imprisonment if convicted.. This is the latest blow to Yoon, who was impeached and arrested over his Dec. 3 martial law decree that plunged the country ...

2 days ago · SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has become the country’s first leader to be indicted, less than two weeks after he was the first to be detained.. The impeached, jailed president, who had been holed up in his presidential compound for weeks after issuing a shocking martial law decree last month, now faces rebellion charges that are punishable by the death ...

Jan 15, 2025 · Yoon, 64, is being investigated on charges of insurrection for a failed martial law order on 3 December that plunged the country into turmoil. He has also been impeached by parliament and...

3 days ago · South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol attends the fourth hearing of his impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025.

3 days ago · South Korea’s impeached and arrested president, Yoon Suk Yeol, was formally indicted on Sunday on charges of leading an insurrection last month when he briefly imposed martial law, prosecutors said.

Jan 19, 2025 · SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Hours after South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was formally arrested, triggering rioting by his supporters, his lawyers said Sunday that he remains defiant in his refusal to answer questions over the probe into his declaration of martial law last month.. Yoon was formally arrested early on Sunday, days after being apprehended at his presidential ...

Jan 6, 2025 · South Korea's suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol remains defiant in his newly-fortified residence, as investigators seek to extend the arrest warrant over his short-lived martial law...

Dec 15, 2024 · South Korea's parliament on Saturday impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his stunning and short-lived martial law decree, a move that ended days of political paralysis but set up an...

Dec 30, 2024 · A South Korean court issued an arrest and search warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday over his short-lived imposition of martial law, ABC News confirmed.

Dec 17, 2024 · Yoon, whose short-lived decree triggered weeks of protests and political turmoil, was suspended from office, after at least 12 members of his own ruling party voted in favor of his impeachment...