Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration of martial law has had far-reaching effects. The opposition is pushing for his impeachment.
The last time South Korea imposed martial law, Gwangju endured a deadly crackdown. Han Kang, the Nobel Prize-winning author, ...
Democracy Tested
South Korea’s democracy faced a grave test on Wednesday as President Yoon Suk Yeol’s ill-conceived decision to impose martial ...
President Yoon Suk Yeol is facing parliamentary moves to impeach him after he sent heavily armed forces into Seoul’s streets ...
In 1980, violent clashes between government forces and pro-democracy demonstrators in the southwestern city of Gwangju ...
Park, a 32-year-old office worker from Seoul, was watching TV at home on Tuesday at 10:30 p.m. when breaking news aired ...
In the uncertain hours early Wednesday, many recalled the nation’s last martial law, which came after a coup installed a ...
When the South Korean president declares martial law on Tuesday night, I am fairly drunk, as is much of the city. By sheer ...
I immediately thought of 1980, and the fear and desperation we felt,” said a 60-year-old lawmaker who lived through the ...
The political roller-coaster of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration then suspension of martial law was extreme even by the ...
The biggest November snowstorm to hit South Korea’s capital in more than a half century has blanketed the capital, grounding ...
Every edition of the Korean city’s storied biennale includes the invocation of the revolutionary “spirit of Gwangju” with a frequency bordering on zeal. Both city and exhibition have reason ...