Seoul pressed ahead with probes into last year’s martial law attempt as President Lee vowed firm accountability. The trial of former president Yoon for insurrection underscores the stakes for South ...

SEOUL, South Korea — A year after his predecessor's effort to impose martial law failed amid public outcry, South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung praised ordinary citizens on Wednesday for helping ...

South Korea's ousted leader Yoon Suk Yeol issued a call from prison on Wednesday urging his supporters to rally for "freedom" and defending his decision to declare martial law a year ago. On December ...

SEOUL -- Thousands of South Koreans rallied outside the National Assembly on Wednesday, marking one year since former President Yoon Suk-yeol declared martial law -- a short-lived, failed attempt that ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean court ruled Wednesday that the ill-fated imposition of martial law by the then President Yoon Suk Yeol constituted an act of rebellion, as it sentenced his ...

Ahn Young-joon / AP SEOUL, South Korea — A year after his predecessor’s effort to impose martial law failed amid public outcry, South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung praised ordinary citizens on ...

Former South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, center, arrives at the Seoul Central District Court for his first sentencing trial in the insurrection case, in Seoul Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (Chung ...