The impeachment of South Korea’s acting President Han Duck-soo has plunged the country into further political turmoil, coming less than two weeks after lawmakers impeached President Yoon Suk ...

Seoul, South Korea (AP) — Lawyers for impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol failed in their court effort to secure his release on Thursday, a day after he was detained at his residence ...

Prostar Capital, a private equity fund specializing in energy infrastructure, announced on the 16th that it has opened an office in South Korea and appointed Han Seung-hoon, an energy ...

The impeached president arrives at the building housing the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) in Gwacheon, South Korea. (Korea Pool/AFP/Getty Images) Yoon's lawyers ...

South Korea’s detention centers have had plenty of experience at holding high-profile people, including former presidents and business tycoons. But this is the first time they’ve had to ...

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea, is a country in East Asia. The country is home to almost 52 million people and uses the South Korean won as its currency. Its capital city ...

South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported that the deputy chief of Korea’s Corruption Investigation Office (CIO), Lee Jae-seung, led questioning of Yoon inside an interrogation room ...

Prosecutors allege this amounts to insurrection—a crime in South Korea punishable by life imprisonment or even the death penalty. Ever since, Yoon has been sequestered behind rolls of barbed ...

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean authorities detained President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday over his botched declaration of martial law, weeks after a first attempt ended in a dramatic standoff ...

South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested on Wednesday over insurrection accusations related to his December 3 martial law declaration, investigators said. The Asian country's ...

By River Akira Davis and Jin Yu Young River Akira Davis reported from Fukuoka, Japan, and Jin Yu Young from Seoul. Jan. 14, 2025 South Korea plans to alter structures near runways at several ...