The impeachment trial of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol began Tuesday, as the Constitutional Court reviews his failed attempt to enforce martial law. The session was adjourned minutes later after…

FRANCE 24 regional correspondent Yena Lee reports on the situation in South Korea, where Yoon Suk Yeol became the first sitting president in the country's history to be arrested on Wednesday after anti-corruption authorities stormed his presidential residence to execute a warrant for Yoon's failed martial law attempt early last month.

Yoon Suk Yeol is expected to argue there is no need for him to be in custody during an investigation into his imposition of martial law.

A South Korean court has approved a new arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon suk Yeol after he resisted an attempt by police last week. Anti-graft investigators are seeking to detain Yoon over…

Investigators seek formal arrest for impeached South Korean President

South Korea’s impeached president arrived at a Seoul court for a hearing on Saturday to oppose a formal arrest over last month’s imposition of martial law.

South Korean investigators made a fresh attempt to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday over a failed martial law bid, but were involved in clashes after being blocked by his guards. Yoon has resisted arrest since a short-lived December 3 power grab plunged the country into its worst political crisis in decades, after he directed soldiers to storm parliament in an unsuccessful attempt to stop lawmakers voting down his move.

A South Korean court will decide whether to extend the detention of the president.

SEOUL: South Korean impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol attended a court hearing on Saturday to fight a request by investigators to extend his detention on accusations of insurrection, his lawyer...

South Korean authorities face a deadline to arrest suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol, as their warrant expires Monday. Yoon, accused of a martial law mishap, remains barricaded with loyal guards. Despite…

A South Korean court will weigh whether to extend the detention of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, after investigators arrested him over a failed martial law bid.

Supporters of South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol gathered outside his house in Seoul on Wednesday as Yoon continued to resist efforts to arrest him. The Constitutional Court has slated January…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s impeached president will appear at a hearing in a Seoul court on Saturday to oppose a formal arrest over last month’s imposition of martial law, his lawyers said. Yoon, who has been in detention since he was apprehended on Wednesday in a massive law enforcement operation at his […]

Protesters from opposing political groups assembled in their thousands in the South Korean capital Saturday amid preparations for a second attempt by anti-corruption investigators to detain suspended…

South Korean investigators announced on Wednesday that they had arrested President Yoon Suk Yeol over his attempt to impose martial law bid early last month after a second police raid on the heavily…

Detained South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol would not take part in further questioning on Thursday, his lawyers said, sparking speculation about how cooperative the impeached president will be after…