South Korea's former president Yoon Suk Yeol capped a remarkable fall from grace on Thursday when he was sentenced to life ...

SEOUL, Feb 19 (Reuters) - A South Korean court on Thursday found former President Yoon Suk Yeol guilty of leading an ...

Insurrection ruling is most consequential in series of cases since emergency decree plunged country into political crisis ...

Yet his actions created deep cleavages on the South Korean right. His former right-of-centre party, the People Power Party ( ...

SEOUL, Feb 19 (Reuters) - A South Korean court on Thursday sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to life in prison for leading an insurrection during his botched attempt to place the country under ...

Kim attended a ceremony Wednesday to mark the presenting of "600 mm-caliber" multiple rocket launchers to the Ninth Congress ...

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been sentenced to life in prison for his brief imposition of martial law to suppress the opposition.

A South Korean court is due to rule on Thursday on whether former President Yoon Suk Yeol is guilty of masterminding an insurrection over his botched attempt to ...

Yoon Suk Yeol, 65, was sentenced to life in prison over his short-lived power grab, which sent the Asian democracy into political turmoil in 2024.

Under South Korean law, masterminding an insurrection carries a maximum sentence of the death penalty or life imprisonment.

Judges will rule on Thursday in the insurrection trial of former President Yoon Suk Yeol. He could get the death penalty for his short-lived imposition of martial law in 2024.

The ruling, delivered by Seoul Central District Court judge Jee Kui-youn, matched what prosecutors sought at the trial's ...