South Korea: Court issues warrant to detain impeached President Yoon …
1 day ago · Yoon’s powers have been suspended since the opposition-controlled National Assembly voted to impeach him on Dec. 14 over his imposition of martial law, during which hundreds of troops and police officers were deployed at the assembly. By law, a president in South Korea is allowed to declare martial law only during wartime or similar ...
South Korean court issues arrest warrant for Yoon over martial law ...
1 day ago · Yoon faces possible life imprisonment, or even the death penalty, over his brief imposition of martial law on December 3, which has plunged the East Asian nation into its biggest political crisis ...
South Korea court approves arrest of President Yoon in martial law ...
1 day ago · Yoon, a former prosecutor, has failed to respond to investigators' summons for questioning multiple times since the Dec. 3 martial law declaration. The announcement, an attempt to ban political ...
Arrest warrant issued for South Korea's impeached President Yoon - ABC News
2 days ago · Yoon declared martial law in a televised speech on Dec. 3. The president said the measure was necessary due to the actions of the country's liberal opposition, the Democratic Party, which he ...
South Korean authorities seek warrant to detain impeached …
2 days ago · Yoon and his military leadership have been accused of attempting to block the National Assembly from voting to end martial law by sending hundreds of heavily armed troops to encircle the building. Lawmakers who managed to get in voted unanimously 190-0 to lift martial law, hours after Yoon declared it in a late-night television address.
South Korea Clears Way to Detain President in Martial Law Inquiry
1 day ago · The opposition has accused Mr. Yoon of committing insurrection when he declared martial law on Dec. 3, and of sending troops to the National Assembly to try to block lawmakers from voting to ...
South Korea court approves Yoon's detention over martial law crisis
1 day ago · A South Korean court on Tuesday approved a warrant request from a joint investigation team for the detention of President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was impeached in December following his brief yet controversial declaration of martial law. It marks the first detention warrant issued for an incumbent South Korean president.
South Korea martial law lifted. Opposition submit motion to …
Dec 4, 2024 · South Korea’s opposition parties on Wednesday submitted a motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over the shocking and short-lived martial law that drew heavily armed troops to encircle parliament before lawmakers climbed walls to reenter the building and unanimously voted to lift his order.
Martial law reversed in South Korea after president’s surprise
Dec 4, 2024 · South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s cabinet has reversed a martial law order in the country, just hours after he issued the surprise decree that plunged Seoul into political...
South Korean Leader Will Face Impeachment Vote Over Martial Law ...
Dec 4, 2024 · When President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea shocked the nation by declaring martial law, he placed news organizations under the rule of military command and outlawed “fake news.”