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South Korean police prepare for 'worst-case scenarios' ahead of Yoon impeachment ruling
Police will be out in force, and subway stations and at least one school will be closed over safety concerns when South Korea's Constitutional Court rules whether to oust or reinstate impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol.
South Korea’s impeached President Yoon freed from detention but faces ongoing trials
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who lawmakers voted to impeach, was released from detention Saturday after spending nearly two months in custody under a criminal probe for his martial law declaration.
The 'traitor' at the heart of South Korea's impeachment drama
"The fear and terror that South Korea's decades-long, hard-won achievements might suddenly collapse were overwhelming." Soon after Yoon's announcement, the opposition's Democratic Party leader hosted a live stream urging people to assemble in protest outside the National Assembly building in central Seoul.
South Korea's impeached President Yoon leaves detention, trial continues
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol left a detention centre in Seoul on Saturday, after prosecutors decided not to appeal a court decision to cancel the arrest warrant of the impeached leader.
South Korean court orders release of President Yoon Suk Yeol as he awaits impeachment ruling
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who lawmakers voted to impeach and was indicted on criminal charges for declaring martial law last December, was cleared to be released from detention on Friday.
South Korea’s impeached President Yoon released from prison
Yoon was arrested and indicted by prosecutors in January over his Dec. 3 martial law decree that plunged the country into huge political turmoil.
South Korea's President Yoon free, trials continue after court quashes detention
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol walked out of a detention centre in Seoul on Saturday after prosecutors decided not to appeal a court decision to cancel the impeached leader's arrest warrant on insurrection charges.
South Korea’s Yoon defends his martial law decree as impeachment ruling nears
In a final statement at his impeachment trial, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol defended his martial law decree that plunged the country into chaos as a bid to inform the public of the danger of the opposition-controlled parliament as he vowed to push for political reform if reinstated.
South Korea on edge, with Yoon impeachment verdict expected as soon as next week
Local media reports have pegged March 14 as the date, with police on high alert and religious leaders calling for calm amid threat of violent clashes.
South Korean court orders impeached president released from jail
A TV screen shows footage of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's address at the final hearing of his trial during a news program at a bus terminal in Seoul, South Kor
Court Orders South Korean President Yoon Released From Jail for His Criminal Trial Over Martial Law
A South Korean court has ordered impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol to be released from jail, more than a month after he was arrested and indicted over his short-lived imposition of martial law
Detained South Korean president is freed to cheers and jeers as he faces insurrection trial
Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol’s conservative supporters have accused the courts of wrongfully persecuting him in echoes ...
Chinese-language flags at South Korean rally reignite baseless 'infiltration' claims
As South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment trial drew to a close, footage of protesters waving flags with Chinese ...
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South Korea’s president is fighting to stay in office and out of prison after martial law fiasco. Here’s what happens next
But a defiant Yoon has vowed to “fight to the end,” as the country’s top court reviews his impeachment and as he also ...
South Korea’s Yoon released from custody, but heightened political tension remains: Chinese observer
Supporters of arrested and impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol wave the national flags as they gather outside the ...
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South Korea Reveals The Dangers Of Nuclearization
South Korea proved that even democratic nations can implode. Such instability would only be greater if it were a nuclear ...
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Political divides deepen in South Korea, straining personal relationships
A woman in her 20s, identified as A, recounted the conversation that led to her breakup with her boyfriend. “I told him I had ...
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Trump points to South Korea as a nation unfairly benefiting from U.S. military support
U.S. President Donald Trump in his speech to Congress on Tuesday referenced South Korea as a country that unfairly benefits ...