Tag: impeachment
South Korean President Is Detained in Insurrection Inquiry
Investigators have detained South Korea’s impeached leader, Yoon Suk Yeol. This is the first time a sitting South Korean president has been detained...
South Korean Officials Are Trying to Arrest President Yoon Sul Yeol:...
Charging a sitting president with wrongdoing is no simple task, but in South Korea, it may be...
South Korean Leader Shuns Trial as He Tries to Hold Off...
The Constitutional Court of South Korea began formal deliberations on Tuesday to decide whether to unseat President Yoon Suk Yeol. The impeached leader...
S Korea begins impeachment trial against suspended president
South Korea's Constitutional Court has held its first hearing to decide if suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol should be removed from office after...
With South Korea in Crisis, Eight Justices Will Decide President’s Fate
For six weeks, South Korea has lurched through its worst political crisis in decades, throwing the resilience of the country’s democracy into question....
How Bodyguards Are Keeping South Korea’s President Yoon From Detention
South Korea’s Presidential Security Service, an agency assigned to protect the president, prides itself on being the “last bastion for a safe and...
Impeached President Faces Down Detention Bid, Stoking South Korea’s Crisis
When around 100 criminal investigators and police officers entered a hilly compound in central Seoul on Friday morning, they tried to achieve something...
South Korea’s Political Instability Deepens With New Impeachment
Lawmakers from South Korea’s governing party protested on Friday against a vote to impeach the country’s acting president, Han Duck-soo. The motion, which...
