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What to expect after South Korea's impeached president was indicted on rebellion charges

Jan. 27, 2025 19:55 PM EST

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has become the country's first leader to be indicted, less than two weeks after he was the first to be detained. The impeached, jailed president, who had been holed up in his presidential compound for weeks after...

South Korean prosecutors indict impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his martial law

Jan. 26, 2025 10:56 AM EST

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean prosecutors on Sunday indicted impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on rebellion in connection with his short-lived imposition of martial law, a criminal charge that could incur the death penalty or life imprisonment if convicted. This is the...

South Koreans turn funeral wreaths and K-pop light sticks into political protest tools

Jan. 25, 2025 13:51 PM EST

SEOUL (AP) — South Koreans are repurposing flower wreaths and K-pop light sticks as political protest tools amid the nation’s deepest political crisis in decades, sparked by President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived martial law declaration in December. Hundreds of wreaths,...

LG Display: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Jan. 22, 2025 07:46 AM EST

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of (AP) — SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of (AP) — LG Display Co. (LPL) on Wednesday reported a loss of $599.9 million in its fourth quarter. The Seoul, Korea, Republic Of-based company said it had a loss of 60 cents per share. The maker of monitors...

South Korea's Yoon defends his martial law decree in his first public appearance since his arrest

Jan. 21, 2025 21:14 PM EST

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s impeached president denied Tuesday that he ordered the military to drag lawmakers out of the National Assembly to prevent them from voting to reject his martial law decree last month, as he appeared for the first time before the Constitutional Court that...

South Korea's impeached president is arrested over martial law declaration and his supporters riot

Jan. 19, 2025 06:47 AM EST

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Hours after South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was formally arrested, triggering rioting by his supporters, his lawyers said Sunday that he remains defiant in his refusal to answer questions over the probe into his declaration of martial law last month. ...

South Korea's impeached president is arrested over a martial law declaration as his supporters riot

Jan. 18, 2025 22:46 PM EST

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was formally arrested early on Sunday, days after being apprehended at his presidential compound in Seoul. He faces possible imprisonment over his ill-fated declaration of martial law last month. Yoon’s...

A look at the events that led up to the arrest of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol

Jan. 18, 2025 20:46 PM EST

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, was formally arrested on Sunday, days after being apprehended in a massive law enforcement operation at his presidential compound in Seoul. Yoon’s arrest could mark the beginning of a prolonged period...

South Korean court orders formal arrest of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over martial law decree

Jan. 18, 2025 14:22 PM EST
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean court orders formal arrest of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over martial law decree.

Impeached South Korean president to appear in court hearing over his arrest, lawyers say

Jan. 17, 2025 21:23 PM EST
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Impeached South Korean president to appear in court hearing over his arrest, lawyers say.