Impeached South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol will not attend the first hearing of his impeachment trial next week because of safety concerns, his lawyer said on Sunday. Yoon has been holed up in the presidential residence and protected by an elite guard force since being suspended and impeached last month, following a short-lived declaration … Read more
A South Korean court has issued an arrest warrant for impeached and suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol, investigators said on Tuesday, over his short-lived bid to impose martial law. Yoon briefly suspended civilian rule on December 3, plunging South Korea into its worst political crisis in decades. He was stripped of his presidential duties by … Read more
Opposition parties in South Korea have filed a motion before the country’s parliament to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol. The motion to impeach Yeol followed a controversial martial law he imposed on South Korea but voted down by 190 lawmakers. The office of the parliament speaker, Woo Won-shik, said that the president’s declaration … Read more