When South Koreans came out to defend democracy in the face of a surprise martial law declaration by their president, history ...
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 ...
Some were blockbusters featuring South Korea's biggest stars, such as last year's 12.12 The Day, a historical drama starring ...
When President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law, for the first time in South Korea since 1980, 70-year-old Lee Chul-Woo was ...
A surge in dramas and literature dealing with the country's political trauma has helped older generations keep the memory of ...
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 ...
Lawmakers began impeachment proceedings against Yoon just hours after parliament unanimously voted to cancel martial law, ...
In 1980, violent clashes between government forces and pro-democracy demonstrators in the southwestern city of Gwangju ...
Last year, a political blockbuster gripped South Korea with a dramatization of a painful memory from its authoritarian past, ...
South Korean author Han Kang, this year's Nobel laureate in literature, expressed her shock Friday over the martial law ...