Mr. Yoon, a conservative, won the presidency in 2022 by a slim margin, promising a more confrontational stance against North Korea. He quickly became unpopular and divisive at home.

Since South Korea's Constitutional Court ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol in April, he has lost presidential immunity and is vulnerable to additional charges on top of an ongoing criminal trial ...

Parliamentary aides in South Korea emptied fire extinguishers on armed troops entering the national assembly as protesters took to the streets.

South Korea's parliament impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol for his attempt to impose martial law, the first time such a measure had been imposed on the nation in more than four decades.

Prosecutors have reportedly found evidence that former president Yoon Suk Yeol deployed drones over Pyongyang. Experts say it may have been a bid to provoke a response that would have justified his martial law decree.

South Korea's special prosecution team investigating former President Yoon Suk-yeol's imposition of martial law last year says an investigation into military personnel on suspicion of aiding foreign aggression is proceeding.