A bribery charge against Moon Jae-in makes him the latest in a line of former leaders to face criminal action, deepening the ...

But after expelling the man who threw the nation into turmoil after briefly declaring martial law last year, South Koreans face another reckoning: The next leader, who will be elected on June 3, will ...

Bribery charges follow a recent history of former leaders having faced impeachment, prison or suicide.

He became South Korea's first sitting head of state to be arrested ... your occupation is former president -- what is your ...

It’ll be an uphill battle for the People Power Party as it struggles to restore public confidence after now-former Yoon’s ill ...

Han and his ministers are rushing to sign a trade deal with Washington, but their primary job as an acting government is to ...

The story so far: On April 4, South Korea’s constitutional court upheld the impeachment of former President Yoon Suk Yeol. The Court unanimously (8-0) agreed in favour of the impeachment.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who declared martial law and had special forces storm the National Assembly, is removed ...

(The first was President Park Geun-hye in 2017.) It increased the chances of his progressive foes in the current opposition to regain power and reshape South Korea’s foreign policy. Mr. Yoon ...

South Korea’s former President Yoon Suk Yeol appeared in court Monday (April 21, 2025) for the second hearing of his criminal trial to defend himself against insurrection charges over his short ...

The party’s current leadership is filled with Yoon loyalists ... If he becomes president, those trials will likely stop ...