South Korea

Yonhap news agency cites the military as saying activities by parliament and political parties would be banned and media and publishers would be under the ...

South Korea's National Assembly has passed a resolution demanding that the president, Yoon Suk Yeol, revokes his sudden declaration of martial law, leaving the ...

South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol declares martial law but parliament votes to lift it.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday declared martial law in a surprise late-night address. Follow for live news updates.

National Assembly leader says decree 'invalid' and Yoon Suk Yeol should lift declaration immediately after vote to block it.

President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law late on Tuesday amid a dispute with opposition parties he accused of pro-North Korean sympathies and anti-state ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said he would lift his order to impose martial law, hours after triggering a political crisis in the country.

In a shocking turn of events, martial law was declared late at night by the president of South Korea, giving him extraordinary powers.

Decision comes after parliament votes to reject his martial law declaration and cabinet approves reversal of decision.

Six hours after stunning the country by declaring martial law, Yoon reversed his decision and faced calls to step down.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of martial law set off a tense night in which troops surrounded parliament.

The surprising move comes as President Yoon Suk Yeol popularity in recent polls plummeted.

A rash, unexpected move by Yoon Suk Yeol, the president, tests South Korean democracy | Asia.

South Korea's finance ministry said on Wednesday it was ready to deploy "unlimited" liquidity into financial markets after President Yoon Suk Yeol lifted a ...

South Korea has only been governed democratically since 1988, with a previous history of military-authoritarian rule dating back to the Korean war.

Yoon's shock bid to impose South Korea's first martial law in over four decades has sparked calls for his impeachment unless he steps down immediately.

A failed attempt to declare martial law and a killer nurse being investigated over baby deaths feature in the headlines.

Opposition pushes for vote to remove Yoon Suk Yeol after failed attempt to impose martial law.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's future is hanging in the balance after a chaotic night during which he dramatically declared martial law and then ...

South Korean officials stepped in to shore up support for the country's financial markets as investors braced for political uncertainty after President Yoon ...

Opposition politicians in South Korea have put forward a motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his attempt to impose martial law in the country.

A social media account run by the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) quickly deleted a post it made on Tuesday suggesting that Taiwan's legislature ...

South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol called for martial law and then backed down. Here is what we know.

On Tuesday night, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol sent shockwaves through the world by declaring martial law in the country.

South Korea is reeling after a whiplash eight hours during which the country's embattled president declared martial law but was forced to lift it amid ...

Opposition parties have filed a motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol and plans for rallies in major cities are underway.

A recap of a dramatic night that saw South Koreans rush to overturn the president's shock martial law order.

South Korea is reeling over a shock martial law declaration by President Yoon Suk Yeol, whose short-lived gamble will have major implications.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol abruptly announced plans to impose an emergency period of martial law on Tuesday, although back-tracked on the shock ...

The plotters apparently gave no thought to how South Korea's liberal international partners would respond. A copy of the Donga Ilbo newspaper featuring ...

CNN Senior International Correspondent, Ivan Watson walks among hundreds of protesters in Seoul, South Korea, where citizens are marching towards the office ...

Since the separation of the Koreas in 1953, our elders have experienced the suspension of normal civil rights many times. But for the younger generation, ...

And how a nation quashed its first attempted coup in more than 40 years, in just a matter of hours.

Candle-lit vigils and rallies were held across South Korea on Wednesday, a nation outraged and frustrated by the president's surprise declaration of martial ...

Calls to impeach President Yoon grows after he was forced to reverse his decision to impose martial law in South Korea.

E. Tammy Kim writes about how South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol declared martial law, then backed off, in a matter of hours. He now faces impeachment and ...

The country faces an uncertain future after its leader Yoon Suk Yeol suddenly declared and then reversed martial law.

South Koreans expressed anger and confusion on Wednesday after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law only to lift the order hours later.

It will go down as one of the shortest impositions of martial law in history. Just six hours passed between South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's ...

Defence minister's resignation follows brief martial law declaration and as Russia-North Korea pact comes into force.

South Korean elected officials and citizens mobilized immediately to renounce and nullify President Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of martial law on December 3 ...

Yoon Suk Yeol has not publicly commented since reversing his shock decision to declare martial law on Tuesday night.