South Korea: failed arrest of impeached president sets stage for more turmoil in 2025
On Friday morning, officials abandoned an attempt to detain South Korea’s embattled president, throwing the country deeper into chaos.
South Korea's impeached president defies warrant after hourslong standoff
South Korean investigators spent hours waiting outside the official residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol as the presidential security service blocked them from executing a warrant to detain him,
South Korea opposition plans vote to impeach acting President Han
South Korea's main opposition party introduced a bill to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo on Thursday, a day before it plans to seek a vote on the move, which could deepen a constitutional crisis triggered by a short-lived martial law.
South Korean investigators suspend efforts to arrest impeached president after standoff
Officials called off the effort to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday due to concerns over the safety of its personnel.
South Korea opposition-controlled National Assembly votes to impeach acting president
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea’s opposition-controlled National Assembly voted Friday to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo despite vehement protests by governing party lawmakers, further deepening the country’s political crisis set off by President Yoon Suk Yeol’s stunning imposition of martial law and ensuing impeachment.
South Korean investigators move to detain president
South Korean investigators were locked in a standoff Jan. 3 with the presidential security service as they tried to detain President Yoon Suk Yeol in relation to his short-lived martial law decree.
South Korea Fails to Arrest Impeached President
Corruption investigators seeking to arrest President Yoon Suk Yeol at his official residence in Seoul were in a standoff with the Presidential Security Service that lasted hours.
South Korea’s opposition party vows to impeach acting president
South Korea’s main opposition party said Tuesday it will seek to impeach acting leader Han Duck-soo after he missed an opposition-set deadline to approve independent investigations into impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife.
Clash breaks out in attempt to detain South Korean president over martial law
Yoon Suk Yeol’s ill-fated attempt to declare martial law last month plunged a key U.S. security ally into a leadership crisis.
What America should learn from South Korea’s democratic crisis
Any “us vs. them” dynamic can be dangerous for democracy. But when that divide centers on mutually exclusive visions of a ...
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South Korea President Yoon survives impeachment vote after declaring martial law this week
The opposition needed at least eight votes from Yoon's conservative People Power Party to reach the two-thirds majority needed to impeach ... times since South Korea was established as a ...
South Korea’s parliament votes to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his martial law order
South Korean lawmakers are set to vote for a second time on an impeachment motion against President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday ...
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South Korea lawmakers vote to impeach president over martial law declaration
Yoon's conservative supporters, meanwhile, have held counterprotests, denouncing attempts to impeach the president. Yoon has been banned from leaving South Korea, as law enforcement authorities ...
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Vote to impeach South Korea’s president fails after boycott by ruling party MPs
All but three MPs of South Korea's ruling party left parliament ahead of a vote on whether to impeach embattled President Yoon Suk Yeol That means the bill fell short of the 200 members required ...
South Korea’s opposition-controlled National Assembly votes to impeach acting leader Han Duck-soo
The assembly approved the impeachment motion in a 192-0 vote on Friday. Governing party lawmakers boycotted the vote.
South Korea's impeached president defies warrant in hourslong standoff
South Korean investigators spent hours waiting outside the official residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol as the presidential security service blocked them from executing a warrant to detain ...