As South Korea’s impeached president Yoon awaits fate, his party sees signs of revival
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's security chief resigns
Yoon Detainment Standoff Intensifies Amid Resignation of Security Chief
Yoon's presidential powers were suspended following his impeachment by the opposition-controlled National Assembly on Dec. 14, with lawmakers accusing him of rebellion. The Constitutional Court is now deliberating whether to uphold the impeachment and remove him from office permanently or dismiss the charges and restore his authority.
South Korea’s far right borrows from Trump’s playbook to bolster impeached Yoon
The president's ultraconservative supporters believe that the country has been overrun by North Korea sympathizers conspiring to destroy South Korea’s freedoms.
South Korea’s acting leader accepts resignation of presidential security chief
South Korean police has questioned the chief of the presidential security service as the two agencies clashed over attempts to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol.
South Korea's Yoon faces new arrest attempt in fortified compound
STORY: South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has been hunkered down behind barbed wire, defying efforts to place him under arrest.But he now faces a new effort to take him into custody, as a top investigator vowed to do whatever it takes to break the security blockade.
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South Korea's political crisis: Support shifts in favour of President Yoon Suk Yeol
Support for South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol is growing while approval for the opposition is falling, ahead of an anticipated second attempt to arrest Mr Yoon over his short-lived imposition of martial law in December.
Head of South Korea Yoon's security finds himself in spotlight
Critics of the presidential security service call it a relic from the days of South Korea's strongman leaders.
South Korea’s Yoon Suk Yeol to accept court decision even if it ends presidency, says lawyer
Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s lawyer Yoon Kab-keun said the suspended President is currently at his official residence and appeared healthy, amid speculation over the suspended leader’s whereabouts. File | Photo Credit: Reuters
South Korean investigators abandon effort to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol
South Korea’s anti-corruption agency dispatched investigators to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday.
South Korea's Yoon faces second arrest attempt in fortified compound
South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol faces a new and potentially more robust attempt to arrest him on insurrection charges after a top investigator vowed to do whatever it takes to break a security blockade and take in the impeached leader.
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(LEAD) Sullivan calls Yoon's martial law bid 'shocking,' 'wrong,' says alliance still set for success despite turmoil
U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Friday portrayed impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol's botched martial law bid as "shocking" and "wrong," but voiced confidence that "structurally," the South Korea-U.
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Security chief of South Korea's impeached President Yoon resigns
South Korea's presidential security chief said Friday there must be no bloodshed if another arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol is executed by investigators over his failed martial law bid.
Is South Korea's young democracy under threat?
The security chief of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has resigned, a week after leading the team that blocked Yoon's arrest over his brief declaration of martial law. Park Chong-jun stepped down after being questioned by police over alleged obstruction of duties,