South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, the country's first sitting head of state to face a criminal trial, defended his failed ...

Essentially, the police used the excuse of “guaranteeing personal safety” to carry out unlawful surveillance. It is as if we have been transported back in time to the martial law era. This is an abuse ...

The Supreme Court postponed the hearing on appeals against civilian trials in military courts. Defence Ministry lawyer ...

President Yoon Suk Yeol defended himself in his impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court, Tuesday, reiterating the stance that his imposition of martial law was an act of governance and thus did ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol attended on Tuesday a Constitutional Court hearing of his impeachment trial where he ...

His lawyers outlined arguments in defence of Yoon's martial law declaration ... He was permitted to change from the khaki prison uniform he currently has to wear. After the hearing, Yoon visited ...

Thursday marked his first public appearance since the martial law declaration and his resignation as defense minister on Dec. 5. He appeared in a dark jacket, rather than a prison uniform, and was not ...

Military tribunals tried civilians and soldiers alike, and the legal process was often arbitrary, with little regard for ...

The country was plunged into political chaos by Yoon's December 3 martial law declaration ... a suit – not his standard-issue prison uniform, which he has been required to wear since he ...

A South Korean court on Sunday extended President Yoon Suk Yeol’s detention for up to 20 days, citing concern he could destroy evidence in a criminal probe into his short-lived declaration of martial ...