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YOON SUK YEOL

Ousted former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol gestures from a vehicle, as he returns to his private residence in Seoul on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 14, 2025
South Korea begins criminal insurrection trial of ousted leader
Yoon Suk Yeol, who the Constitutional Court removed from the presidency this month, argued that his martial law declaration in December was "not a coup d’etat."
Ousted South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol waves before leaving the presidential residence in Seoul on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 13, 2025
South Korean ex-President Yoon to face insurrection trial
If convicted, Yoon could face life imprisonment or even the death penalty.
Former Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung speaks during a news conference on his presidential bid for the June election at the National Assembly in Seoul on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 12, 2025
South Koreans’ support for liberal Lee Jae-myung rises ahead of election
The latest Gallup Poll released Friday showed that the left-leaning Lee’s support has risen to 37%, up 3 percentage points from last week’s survey.
Ousted former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol waves to his supporters as he moves out of the presidential residence in Seoul on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 11, 2025
Ousted South Korean President Yoon leaves official residence
The Constitutional Court upheld Yoon's impeachment last Friday, capping four months of unprecedented constitutional turmoil.
People attend a rally to celebrate the ousting of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul on April 5.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 11, 2025
Ousted South Korean president set to leave official residence
Yoon is due to be driven in a motorcade from the official residence with his wife and more than 10 dogs and cats to his private apartment.
Lee Jae-myung releases a statement to the public at the National Assembly in Seoul in December.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 10, 2025
South Korean presidential front-runner Lee Jae-myung enters leadership race
The presidential election will be held on June 3, after the impeachment of former president Yoon Suk Yeol for his December martial law declaration.
Lee Jae-myung, leader of South Korea's Democratic Party, during a meeting at the National Assembly in Seoul on Monday. Lee is the top candidate for the next presidential election, with support of 34% respondents in a Gallup poll released April. 4.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 9, 2025
South Korea opposition leader Lee steps down amid expectations of presidential run
The country holds a presidential election on June 3 after former president Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment.
South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said Tuesday that the country will hold a presidential election on June 3, adding that the day would be designated as a temporary public holiday to facilitate voting.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 8, 2025
South Korea to hold snap presidential election on June 3
The announcement comes days after former leader Yoon Suk Yeol was removed from office over a short-lived martial law declaration.
People hold up a South Korean flag near the Constitutional Court in Seoul on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 7, 2025
South Korea sets June 3 for presidential election: Yonhap
The country's Constitutional Court ruled that Yoon undermined the military’s political neutrality by sending troops to parliament to confront ordinary citizens.
South Korean National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik looks on during a news conference at the National Assembly in Seoul last December.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 6, 2025
South Korea assembly speaker proposes revising constitution to curb presidency
He proposed a national referendum on constitutional reform to coincide with the presidential election that must be held in less than two months.
Anti-Yoon protesters hold up placards reading "Let's build a democratic government!" during a rally in Seoul on Friday after South Korea's Constitutional Court upheld the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 5, 2025
Yoon's ouster prompts Japanese concerns about ties with South Korea
Japan is worried that Yoon's removal from power will undo the improvements in bilateral relations made under his administration.
Anti-Yoon protesters react after the Constitutional Court's verdict on the impeachment of South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 4, 2025
South Korea upholds Yoon impeachment, prompting snap election within 60 days
The move, while deepening a divide in South Korea between conservative and progressive voters, could also have broad implications for relations with neighboring Japan.
A demonstrator against impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol reacts after the Constitutional Court ruled to remove him from office in Seoul on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / EXPLAINER
Apr 4, 2025
What happens next after South Korea removes President Yoon
Yoon's removal from office was the culmination of months of turmoil in which hundreds of thousands took to the streets, either to protest or support him.
A woman holds a poster of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol during a street rally in Seoul on Saturday, ahead of the impeachment verdict for the president.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 1, 2025
South Korea to rule on President Yoon’s impeachment on Friday
If the impeachment is upheld, then Yoon will immediately lose power and an election to replace him will be held within 60 days.
Supporters of the impeached South Korean president, Yoon Suk Yeol, protesting in Seoul on Saturday.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 25, 2025
South Korea’s political drama is far from over
The potential for violence in the days ahead is still great. Still, that shouldn’t take away from the urgent and necessary reform of the political system.
South Korean Prime Minister Yoon Suk Yeol, who was impeached in late December while serving as acting president, has been reinstated by the Constitutional Court.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 24, 2025
South Korean court reinstates PM Han Duck-soo as acting president
Han, whose impeachment was struck down by the Constitutional Court, pledges to focus on steering Asia's fourth-biggest economy through a U.S. "trade war."
Then-U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol attend an Indo-Pacific Economic Framework event at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco in November 2023.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 15, 2025
U.S. designated South Korea a 'sensitive' country amid talk of nuclear weapons
The move after the South Korean president briefly imposed martial law and amid talk of Seoul potentially developing nuclear weapons.
South Korean evangelical preacher Jun Kwang-hoon speaks during a rally to support impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul on March 8.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 12, 2025
South Korean pastor vows revolt against Yoon's impeachment
Experts say the pastor has tapped into a far-right constituency that expanded in the wake of Yoon's martial law declaration.
South Korean impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol reacts outside the Seoul detention center after his release, in Uiwang, South Korea, on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 8, 2025
South Korea's impeached President Yoon released from detention
The suspended president walked out of the detention center smiling, before bowing deeply to a small crowd of cheering supporters.
Supporters of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol hold placards showing a picture of Yoon during a rally near the Constitutional Court in Seoul on Feb. 25.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 7, 2025
South Korean court says Yoon can leave jail
The Seoul Central District Court accepted Yoon’s complaint against his arrest, it said Friday in a text message.

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