In the uncertain hours early Wednesday, many recalled the nation’s last martial law, which came after a coup installed a ...
President Yoon Suk Yeol is facing parliamentary moves to impeach him after he sent heavily armed forces into Seoul’s streets ...
I immediately thought of 1980, and the fear and desperation we felt,” said a 60-year-old lawmaker who lived through the ...
In a country known for its vibrant democracy and robust economy, South Korea's decision to impose martial law on December 3, ...
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 ...
During South Korea's decades under autocratic governments and military rule, martial law was a common response to political ...
Martial law was first used in 1948 by South Korea's first president Syngman Rhee as he cracked down on communist uprisings, ...
The political roller-coaster of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration then suspension of martial law was extreme even by the ...
Last year, a political blockbuster gripped South Korea with a dramatization of a painful memory from its authoritarian past, ...
The president’s short-lived declaration of a military emergency late Tuesday was young South Koreans’ first exposure to a ...
President Yoon Suk Yeol is facing parliamentary moves to impeach him after he sent heavily armed forces into Seoul’s streets ...