I immediately thought of 1980, and the fear and desperation we felt,” said a 60-year-old lawmaker who lived through the ...
In the uncertain hours early Wednesday, many recalled the nation’s last martial law, which came after a coup installed a ...
In 1980, violent clashes between government forces and pro-democracy demonstrators in the southwestern city of Gwangju ...
Civic society moved quickly to denounce the president after the country experienced its first invocation of martial law since ...
South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol is facing possible impeachment for sending heavily armed soldiers into Seoul’s streets ...
During South Korea's decades under autocratic governments and military rule, martial law was a common response to political ...
Candle-lit vigils and rallies were held across South Korea on Wednesday, a nation outraged and frustrated by the president’s ...
Within the span of a chaotic six hours, South Korea saw its president declare emergency martial law, be denounced by his own ...
Lawmakers filed a motion to remove President Yoon Suk Yeol, reflecting the fury over his audacious response to political ...
When the South Korean president declares martial law on Tuesday night, I am fairly drunk, as is much of the city. By sheer ...
Martial law was first used in 1948 by South Korea's first president Syngman Rhee as he cracked down on communist uprisings, ...
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol declared martial law, accusing the country's opposition of paralyzing the government.