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 ...
South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol is facing possible impeachment for sending heavily armed soldiers into Seoul’s streets ...
Candle-lit vigils and rallies were held across South Korea on Wednesday, a nation outraged and frustrated by the president’s ...
During South Korea's decades under autocratic governments and military rule, martial law was a common response to political ...
One of the biggest questions on people's minds in Seoul on Wednesday is: what was the president thinking? In a late-night ...
A Rare Move in South Korea’s Democracy. The nation reflects on its past as emergency powers resurface in a time of crisis.
Last year, a political blockbuster gripped South Korea with a dramatization of a painful memory from its authoritarian past, ...
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, ...
South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol is facing parliamentary moves to impeach him after he sent heavily armed forces into ...