Police said Monday they have formally sought arrest warrants for 66 protesters supporting impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol who are accused of storming the Seoul Western District Court and obstructing official duties.
Right-wing pastor Jeon Kwang-hoon faced backlash from Korean Protestant communities after he claimed people “could free impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol from jail through public resistance” during a rally on Sunday.
A special counsel team investigating allegations involving former first lady Kim Keon Hee is set to summon her and former President Yoon Suk Yeol for questioning.
The government on Tuesday approved three revised bills extending special counsel investigations into corruption allegations surrounding former President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife.
Former President Yoon Suk Yeol appeared for questioning by a special counsel team investigating allegations involving his wife, Kim Keon Hee, on Saturday, marking the first time he has been questioned as a criminal suspect in the probe.
Former President Yoon Suk Yeol underwent his first in-person questioning by the special counsel team investigating his declaration of martial law on Dec. 3, 2024.
Former President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife Kim Keon Hee are both scheduled to appear in separate criminal court hearings Friday morning, marking the first time the couple will be in the same courthouse on the same day since their indictments.
Former President Yoon Suk Yeol appeared at the Seoul Central District Court on Wednesday afternoon for a pretrial detention hearing over allegations of abuse of power.
Police arrested 56 individuals on Wednesday on charges connected mainly to Sunday's storming of the Seoul Western District Court to protest the issuance of an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol.
Former President Yoon Suk Yeol, currently in custody at the Seoul Detention Center, pleaded that he be "the only one persecuted by this nonsensical political oppression" in a letter to reporters on Monday.
The fund will provide low-interest loans and project financing in high-tech industries.
A special counsel team said Tuesday it has summoned former President Yoon Suk Yeol to appear for questioning this weekend over his alleged interference in a military probe into the 2023 death of a young Marine.
Former President Yoon Suk Yeol did not appear on Saturday for questioning by a special counsel team over his alleged interference in a military probe into the 2023 death of a young Marine.
The Seoul Central District Court issued an arrest warrant early Thursday for former President Yoon Suk Yeol, sending him back into custody just four months after his release.
When the Seoul Central District Court delivers the first of several verdicts in cases involving former President Yoon Suk Yeol next week, it will pass judgment on one of the most consequential episodes in modern South Korean political history.
Former President Yoon Suk Yeol and several former military officials have been indicted in connection with alleged efforts to provoke North Korea and justify the declaration of martial law on Dec. 3, according to the special prosecutors’ office.
The special counsel team failed to arrest former President Yoon Suk Yeol for the second time on Thursday morning due to the ex-president's "stubborn refusal," it said.
Efforts to unify presidential candidates Kim Moon-soo of the People Power Party and independent contender Han Duck-soo collapsed in less than 30 minutes on Friday as the two sides failed to agree on how to conduct a joint opinion poll.
Former President Yoon Suk Yeol, indicted for deploying drones over Pyongyang to provoke North Korea, has requested the recusal of the trial panel in his case, which involves charges of aiding the enemy.
North Korea’s growing involvement in Russia’s war against Ukraine could ultimately strengthen Pyongyang’s military capabilities against South Korea, experts and diplomats from Ukraine, Germany and Korea warned at a forum in Seoul on Monday.