The BBC has spoken to people close to the president to understand what drove him to trigger an authoritarian takeover.

Former South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol faces trial on charges of insurrection after declaring a brief martial law last year ...

The lingering risks stemming from former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law decree became a thorny issue among ...

South Korea's ousted leader Yoon Suk Yeol argued that his brief martial law declaration late last year was "not a coup d’etat ...

Former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol faces charges of rebellion after declaring martial law, leading to his removal ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s Constitutional Court unanimously removed Yoon Suk Yeol from office ... with an ill-fated declaration of martial law. The verdict capped a dramatic ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Yoon Suk Yeol’s legal saga is far from over. Ten days after he was ousted from office over his ...

South Korea ’s ousted president Yoon Suk Yeol rejected charges of leading an insurrection as his high-profile criminal trial began in Seoul, defending his short-lived declaration of martial law as a ...

According to prosecutors, Yoon had no legal grounds to impose martial law and used it as a way to try and disable state ...

Ousted South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrived at the Seoul Central District Court on Monday morning to attend the ...

South Korea's ousted leader Yoon Suk Yeol argued that his brief martial law declaration late last year was "not a coup d’etat ...