Yoon Suk Yeol in 2022. South Korea has been governed as a presidential democracy under the 1987 constitution, which provides for a strong independent executive.As a result, presidents can only be removed by a difficult impeachment process, rather than a simple vote of no confidence.Only one Korean president, Park Geun-hye, has been removed from office through …

Jan 26, 2025 · SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean prosecutors on Sunday indicted impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on rebellion in connection with his short-lived imposition of martial law, a criminal charge that could incur the death penalty or life imprisonment if convicted.

Jan 27, 2025 · South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has become the country’s first leader to be indicted, less than two weeks after he was the first to be detained. The impeached, jailed president, who had been holed up in his presidential compound for weeks after issuing a shocking martial law decree last month, now faces rebellion charges that are punishable by the death …

Jan 14, 2025 · Yoon is South Korea's first sitting president to face arrest South Korea's Constitutional Court has held its first hearing to decide if suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol should be removed from ...

Dec 16, 2024 · South Korea's constitutional court has begun trial proceedings for the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was suspended for declaring martial law and plunging his country into...

Jan 26, 2025 · South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol attends the fourth hearing of his impeachment trial over his short-lived imposition of martial law at the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea ...

Dec 16, 2024 · South Korea's constitutional court has begun trial proceedings for the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was suspended for declaring martial law and plunging his country into...

Jan 14, 2025 · SEOUL: The impeachment trial of South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol started on Tuesday (Jan 14), with the country's Constitutional Court deciding whether to strip him of his...

Jan 13, 2025 · South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s fate remains in the balance after the suspended leader failed to appear at the first day of his impeachment trial Tuesday following weeks of evading...

Jan 26, 2025 · Yoon Suk Yeol arrives for his impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court in Seoul on Jan. 21. (Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters) South Korean prosecutors on Sunday indicted impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol ...