Lee Jae-myung, the main opposition leader, is leading efforts to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his declaration of martial law. He could also be the next president.
Author: CHOE SANG-HUN
South Korea’s Ex-Defense Chief Is Detained Over Martial Law Episode
Prosecutors are investigating whether President Yoon Suk Yeol and his followers committed insurrection when they briefly put South Korea under martial law.
South Korean Leader’s Deal to Avoid Impeachment Signals Bigger Turmoil Ahead
President Yoon Suk Yeol survived an opposition-led attempt to remove him by getting his party members to back him. But his troubles could now become theirs too.
Opposition Grows to South Korea’s President as He Faces Impeachment
The leader of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s own party has backed impeachment, on which the National Assembly is set to vote on Saturday.
South Korea’s Lawmakers Question Military About Yoon’s Martial Law Order
The military has spent decades trying to rehabilitate its image and win public trust after a brutal past. Its role in President Yoon’s martial law raised a specter from that era.
South Korea’s Defense Minister Steps Down Over Martial Law Decree
President Yoon Suk Yeol accepted the resignation of Kim Yong-hyun, who said he took responsibility for the crisis caused by the brief imposition of military rule.
Why South Korea’s Leader, Desperate and Frustrated, Made a Fateful Decision
A day after he declared — and then withdrew — martial law, President Yoon Suk Yeol was politically isolated as observers pondered his future in leadership.
South Korean President Declares Martial Law
President Yoon Suk Yeol evoked a threat posed by ‘anti-state’ forces and criticized attempts to impeach him.
A North Korean Voice That Kim Jong-un Would Like to Silence
Kim Seongmin, who fled to South Korea in the 1990s, broadcasts to his homeland twice a day, delivering the kind of information Pyongyang is trying hard to suppress.
Russia Supplies Antiaircraft Missiles to North Korea, the South Says
Pyongyang has long coveted an advanced air-defense system to guard against missiles and war planes from the United States and South Korea.