The BBC has spoken to people close to the president to understand what drove him to trigger an authoritarian takeover.

South Korea's intelligence sharing with the US appears to have weakened during former President Yoon Suk Yeol's nearly three ...

South Korea's ousted leader Yoon Suk Yeol argued that his brief martial law declaration late last year was "not a coup d’etat ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s Constitutional Court unanimously removed Yoon Suk Yeol from office Friday, ending his tumultuous presidency and setting up a new election, four months after he ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who declared martial law and had special forces storm the National Assembly, is removed ...

Rep. Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party of Korea's presidential nominee, has tapped a "conservative strategist" to lead his ...

Democratic party politician Lee, who earlier lost to Yoon by just 0.73 percentage points, has spoken about how his family ...

SEOUL: As South Korea gears up to elect a new leader in less than two months, impeached former president Yoon Suk-yeol's ...

South Korea’s main liberal opposition party has tapped its former leader Lee Jae-myung as presidential candidate in the June ...

Lee Jae-myung, the liberal South Korean politician favoured to become the country’s next leader, has overcome a knife attack, ...

Lee Jae-myung, a former leader of South Korea's Democratic Party, has been chosen as the party's presidential candidate for ...