South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has staggered from scandal to crisis but he surprised everyone this week by declaring martial law -- only then to survive an impeachment vote. The plunge back ...

A new executive order has raised fears of "martial law" as it would facilitate an increase in military equipment for law enforcement.

In South Korea, martial law can only be imposed in situations of extraordinary threats to the survival of its nation, such as war or armed rebellion. Amnesty International reports that it is not ...

Yoon’s late-night declaration of martial law stunned the nation and the world ... should the rumors prove true, democracy’s survival would hinge on two factors: the vigilance of the citizenry ...

While Yoon survived an impeachment vote in an opposition-led parliament on Saturday, his political survival now hangs ... disbelief when Yoon declared martial law in a shocking televised ...

Let’s not mince words: President Trump’s April 28 executive order is the oldest trick in the authoritarian playbook: martial law masquerading as law and order. Officially titled ...

Roosevelt declared martial law in Hawaii after the Japanese attack ... not that many Americans perceived how much our democracy’s very survival depended on the honor and decency of American ...

(Alex Brandon / AP) Social media posts have warned for more than a month that President Donald Trump will declare martial law April 20, which typically means suspending civil law while the ...

One reader emailed Snopes, "I am seeing many posts on Facebook that on April 20, Trump will declare martial law." Another person referenced an executive order issued on Jan. 20, the first day of ...

This is despite the PPP's leader Han Dong-hoon -- allegedly on an arrest list the night of the martial law declaration -- saying Yoon's resignation was "inevitable". On Saturday before the vote ...