The bill for investigating President Yoon Suk Yeol has been put up for renegotiation by rival parties following a backlash over claims by the Democratic Party of Korea that Yoon committed treason by trying to provoke a war with North Korea.
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.
The Democratic Party, which controls the Assembly’s 170 seats to the rival People Power Party’s 108, voted to pass th
Mr. Yoon's arrest sparks chaos and unrest, facing potential rebellion charges and possible life imprisonment or death penalty.
South Korea's anti-corruption agency detains impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his brief declaration of martial law.
Impeached South Korean leader, Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested on Wednesday over his failed martial law bid, ending a weeks-long standoff with authorities and becoming the first president to be detained in the nation's history.
South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol is facing a possible removal from office as his impeachment trial began over his controversial martial law decree last month that plunged the country into political chaos.
A Seoul court is set to rule on investigators' request for warrant to formally arrest Yoon as early as Saturday night - Anadolu Ajansı
Mr Yoon said the "rule of law has completely collapsed" in a video message recorded before he was escorted to the headquarters of an anti-corruption agency. Mr Yoon's lawyers had tried to persuade investigators not to execute the arrest warrant,
Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol refuses to cooperate with investigators probing his failed martial law bid, defying arrest and detention.
South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has been formally arrested, days after being apprehended at his presidential compound in Seoul.
South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol is expected to be indicted on charges of inciting insurrection within the next 20 days. Prosecutors have already brought charges against nine key individuals connected to the martial law case,