Yoon Suk Yeol

1 day 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 ...

2 days ago - South Korean prosecutors have demanded the death penalty for former president Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed martial law declaration in December 2024, in the first insurrection trial of a Korean head of state in three decades.

2 days ago - Prosecutors have asked for South Korea's former president Yoon Suk Yeol to be handed a death sentence if he is found guilty over his botched attempt to impose martial law.

2 days ago - 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.

2 days ago - SEOUL, South Korea -- An independent counsel on Tuesday demanded a death sentence for former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on rebellion charges in connection with his short-lived imposition of martial law in December 2024.

3 days ago - Yoon Suk-Yeol is a South Korean lawyer and public official who served as prosecutor general (2019–21) and president of South Korea (2022–25).

South Korea’s ousted leader, Yoon Suk Yeol, was accused of trying to stoke military tensions to justify his short-lived martial law last December.

Disgraced president Yoon Suk Yeol has become an unlikely poster boy for anti-government sentiment.

2 days ago - Han Hak-ja, aged 82, is detained after Seoul court hearing over claims she told church officials to bribe wife of then president Yoon Suk Yeol

2 weeks ago - Beginning on 3 January 2025, South Korean authorities attempted to arrest Yoon Suk Yeol, president of South Korea at the time. Yoon had confined himself at his official presidential residence since his impeachment on 14 December 2024.

October 7, 2025 - Former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife Kim Keon Hee spent the traditional Chuseok festival without receiving any of the traditional “special meals” that have long been a customary offering to inmates on national holidays, ...

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.

April 4, 2025 - South Korea's Constitutional Court has ruled Yoon Suk Yeol abused his power by declaring martial law last December, and permanently removed him from office.

August 13, 2025 - The wife of South Korea’s jailed former President Yoon Suk Yeol has been arrested as investigators seek to charge her over various suspected crimes, including bribery, stock manipulation and meddling in the selection of a candidate.

July 9, 2025 - Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached in April over the order, which saw military rule introduced for six-hours in December.

August 1, 2025 - South Korea’s jailed ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol again refused to attend questioning by investigators Friday, using a new method to resist: He took off his prison uniform and lay down on the floor at his detention room.

July 10, 2025 - Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is back in custody over an independent investigation into his declaration of martial law last year.

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