Yoon's lawyers have said his arrest was "illegal" because the CIO, as an anti-corruption agency, has no power ... Korea has been gripped by political turmoil since Yoon's stunning but short-lived ...

Officials quickly became locked in another power struggle with ... for his effort to institute martial law and has been banned from leaving the country. Sitting South Korean presidents have ...

South Korea's impeached President ... out the attempt to seize total power. In an unprecedented televised announcement on 3 December, Yoon said he was invoking martial law to protect the country ...

The U.S. secretary of state aimed to show that his country stood by South Korea ... s full-scale invasion. The shells go to Ukraine via the U.S. military. When Mr. Yoon declared martial law ...

Martial law justification ... measure against potential large-scale unrest orchestrated by the DPK and affiliated groups. “Given the history of the DPK, the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions ...