South Korea's Constitutional Court has removed President Yoon Suk Yeol from office, upholding his impeachment over a controversial martial law decree issued in December.
As many as 215 lawmakers endorsed the fourth impeachment complaint, which was registered the same day, exceeding more than two-thirds of the lower chamber's 306 members. e
Prosecutors have formally indicted South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of organising an insurrection related to his brief declaration of martial law last month. Following this, Yoon Suk Yeol becomes the first sitting South Korean president to be indicted while in detention, acco
Investigators on Wednesday found themselves in a tense standoff with security forces at the presidential residence, as they made a second attempt to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his brief imposition of martial law, according to a report by Yonhap News Agency.
South Korea's anti-corruption agency has requested the police to handle the enforcement of a warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his attempted martial law, both the sides confirmed on Monday, according to a report by Yonhap News Agency.
This comes after a Washington Post news report alleged that Maldives opposition sought USD 6 million from India to aid in a plot to impeach Maldives President Mohammed Muizzu.
South Korea's anti-corruption agency halted its attempt to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday over his failed martial law bid, following a prolonged standoff with the Presidential Security Service (PSS), Yonhap News Agency reported.
Investigators seeking to arrest South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his attempted martial law declaration faced a standoff with the Presidential Security Service (PSS) outside the presidential residence on Friday, Yonhap News Agency reported.
South Korean authorities on Friday entered the residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol to execute an arrest warrant over his failed bid to impose martial law, Yonhap reported.