Former Olympic table tennis champion Ryu Seung-min was elected as head of the South Korean Olympic committee Tuesday. Ryu earned 417 votes from 1,209 voters to become the new president of the Korean ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been detained after a massive law enforcement operation at the presidential compound ...

“I think the PPP leadership has essentially judged that, without a viable exit strategy, they have no choice but to stand by Yoon,” said Jung Byung-kee, a political scientist at Yeungnam ...

SEOUL, Jan 14 (Reuters) - South Korea's Constitutional Court adjourned the opening session of the impeachment trial of suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol within minutes on Tuesday, after the ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will not attend the first day of his impeachment trial this week, according to his lawyer, who cited concerns for the suspended president’s safety.

Park faced police questioning after his forces were accused of obstructing law enforcement efforts to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol during a contentious standoff last week. Tensions ...

For weeks, impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has holed up inside his guarded residential compound as ...

SEOUL: Arguments are due to begin in a South Korean court on Tuesday (Jan 14) in a trial to decide the fate of President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was impeached after his short-lived bid to impose ...

The Constitutional Court began hearings on whether to unseat Yoon Suk Yeol. But he remained in his fortified residence as investigators drew up plans to detain him. By Choe Sang-Hun Reporting from ...

Jan 12 (Reuters) - South Korea's impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, will not attend the first hearing of the trial to determine whether he is removed him from office or reinstated, due to ...

According to his lawyers, Mr Yoon will not attend the hearing due to concerns for his personal safety, as investigators attempt to detain him on charges of insurrection and abuse of power.