Yoon Suk Yeol

17 hours ago - Yoon Suk Yeol (Korean: 윤석열, pronounced [jun sʰʌŋnjʌɭ]; born 18 December 1960) is a South Korean politician and attorney who served as the 13th president of South Korea from 2022 until his removal from office in 2025. A member of the People Power Party during his presidency, he was ...

Latest news and updates on Yoon Suk-yeol who was sworn in as president of South Korea on May 10, 2022.

16 hours ago - The prosecution did not spare former conservative South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol (2022-2025), who stood trial in Seoul over his failed martial law declaration of December 3, 2024.

16 hours ago - A special prosecution team has requested the death penalty for former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, who was removed from the presidency in April 2025 over his illegitimate declaration of martial law.

15 hours ago - Prosecutors in South Korea requested the death penalty for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday over his failed declaration of martial law in December 2024, local media reported. During the final...

South Korea’s impeached conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol was released from prison on Saturday, a day after a Seoul court canceled his arrest to allow him to stand trial for rebellion without being detained.

2 days ago - He has been detained for months while facing several criminal trials. Last month, prosecutors sought a 10-year prison term for Yoon for obstruction of justice and other charges related to his martial law attempt.

January 9, 2024 - Yoon Suk-Yeol (born December 18, 1960, Seoul, South Korea) is a South Korean lawyer and public official who served as prosecutor general (2019–21) and president (2022–25) of South Korea.

2 days ago - Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea's president, arrives for a hearing at the Constitutional Court of Korea in Seoul, South Korea, on Tuesday, Jan.

1 day ago - A special counsel on Tuesday asked a court in Seoul to sentence South Korea’s impeached and ousted former president, Yoon Suk Yeol, to death, on the charge of leading an insurrection when he briefly imposed martial law ​on his country in late 2024.

12 hours ago - Former President Yoon Suk Yeol will receive his first court verdict on charges stemming from his December 2024 imposition of martial law later this week, officials said Thursday.

2 days ago - Yoon Suk Yeol was formally removed from office in April.

1 week ago - Kim Keon Hee (Korean: 김건희; born Kim Myeong-sin; 2 September 1972) is a South Korean businesswoman who served as the first lady of South Korea from 2022 to 2025 as the wife of President Yoon Suk Yeol.

1 week ago - The final hearing in former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s insurrection trial got underway at a Seoul court Friday, with attention focused on whether prosecutors will seek the death penalty or life imprisonment. Special counsel Cho Eun-suk, who has led the investigation, indictment and trial ...

2 days ago - SEOUL, Jan 13 (Reuters) - South Korea's special prosecutor has requested the death penalty for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of masterminding an insurrection over his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024.

Former President Yoon Suk Yeol will receive his first court verdict on charges stemming from his December 2024 imposition of martial law later this week, officials said Thursday.