In the uncertain hours early Wednesday, many recalled the nation’s last martial law, which came after a coup installed a ...
I immediately thought of 1980, and the fear and desperation we felt,” said a 60-year-old lawmaker who lived through the ...
In 1980, violent clashes between government forces and pro-democracy demonstrators in the southwestern city of Gwangju ...
South Korea faced shock as President Yoon declared martial law without issuing emergency alerts, leading to public outcry and ...
Candle-lit vigils and rallies were held across South Korea on Wednesday, a nation outraged and frustrated by the president’s ...
President Yoon Suk Yeol is facing parliamentary moves to impeach him after he sent heavily armed forces into Seoul’s streets ...
During South Korea's decades under autocratic governments and military rule, martial law was a common response to political ...
Within the span of a chaotic six hours, South Korea saw its president declare emergency martial law, be denounced by his own ...
The president’s short-lived declaration of a military emergency late Tuesday was young South Koreans’ first exposure to a ...
The opposition-controlled parliament overturned the the martial law edict, and his rivals on Wednesday took steps to impeach ...
Martial law was first used in 1948 by South Korea's first president Syngman Rhee as he cracked down on communist uprisings, ...