The judiciary is meant to serve as a safeguard, not a spoils system. In a democracy as vibrant — and as vulnerable — as South Korea’s, the health of the court may be the truest measure of ...

FILE - South Korea's president-elect Yoon Suk Yeol attends a ceremony to disband ... the Democratic Party filed a total of 30 impeachment motions against senior officials. None has yet been ...

Nothing about Lee Jae-myung’s political rise has been easy. Born the fifth of seven children to a farming family, Lee walked 10 miles round ...

With the Constitutional Court upholding Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment, South Korea heads for a presidential election scheduled ...

Yoon Suk Yeol’s legal saga is far from over. Ten days after he was ousted from office over his martial law declaration, the ...

Yoon Suk Yeol denies insurrection charge as criminal trial opens in Seoul - Former South Korean president defends his brief ...

Impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol arrived at the Seoul court on April 14 to attend the first hearing of his criminal trial to face charges that he led an insurrection when he declared ...

South Korea’s constitutional court upheld the parliament’s decision to impeach the country’s suspended president, Yoon Suk ...

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol left the presidential residence in Seoul on Friday for his private home, a week ...

Han Dong-hoon, a former leader of South Korea's ruling People Power Party, announced his bid for the presidency on Thursday.

The presidential election will be held on June 3, after the impeachment of former president Yoon Suk Yeol for his December martial law declaration was upheld on April 4 ...