South Korea's impeached president defies warrant in hourslong standoff
South Korean investigators spent hours waiting outside the official residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol as the presidential security service blocked them from executing a warrant to detain him,
South Korean investigators seek extension of deadline to arrest ex-President
South Korean investigators seek to extend the arrest warrant for suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol, who remains defiant in his residence after blocking a failed detention attempt.
South Korea court approves arrest of President Yoon in martial law investigation
The arrest warrant for an incumbent president is unprecedented, and deepens the political crisis that has engulfed South Korea.
Discord Deepens in South Korea After Opposition Pushes Through Impeachment of Acting President
Yoon Suk-yeol retains the title but not the power of president while the constitutional court decides whether to approve the motion to impeach him.
Clash breaks out in attempt to detain South Korean president over martial law
Yoon Suk Yeol’s ill-fated attempt to declare martial law last month plunged a key U.S. security ally into a leadership crisis.
How South Korea’s Constitutional Court could decide President Yoon’s fate
The Constitutional Court must decide within 180 days whether to remove Yoon from office or reject the impeachment and restore his powers. If the court removes Yoon or he resigns, a presidential election must be held within 60 days.
Investigators arrive at South Korean president’s residence to carry out arrest warrant
South Korean investigators entered the residential compound of suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol early Friday morning to enforce an unprecedented arrest warrant, as hundreds gathered to support the embattled leader who plunged the nation into political chaos with a swiftly overturned declaration of martial law last month.
Tense standoff continues over impeached South Korean president
Investigators descended on impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's residence in Seoul on Friday as they continue to attempt to detain the embattled leader.
South Korean investigators enter compound to arrest President Yoon
Authorities entered impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's compound on Friday (January 3) to execute an unprecedented arrest warrant, evading a crowd of protesters outside, but were confronted with presidential security forces inside.
Standoff in South Korea as officials arrive to arrest impeached president over martial law
President Yoon Suk Yeol faces possible insurrection charges after his short-lived martial law declaration last month plunged the key U.S. ally into political instability.
South Korean investigators attempt to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol
South Korean investigators on Friday attempted to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived martial law decree last month, as hundreds of his supporters gathered near his residence in Seoul,
Explainer-South Korea's leadership crisis in hands of Constitutional Court
By Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's leadership crisis will play out in the Constitutional Court, which will decide ...
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S. Korea's constitutional court calls for early appointment of justices
South Korean Constitutional Court's Judge Lee Mi-son and Cheong Hyung-sik sit in during the first preparatory hearing of a ...
Swift appointment of Constitutional Court justices for Yoon’s trial is 'most urgent,' say 542 scholars
Hundreds of political scholars have urged acting President Choi Sang-mok to swiftly appoint three Constitutional Court ...
Factbox-Profiles of South Korea's Constitutional Court justices
The fate of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is in the hands of the country's Constitutional Court after parliament ...
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S. Korea's parliament votes for appointment of 3 constitutional court justices
A man stands with a sign that reads "The constitutional court should immediately accept the impeachment of President Yoon ...
Constitutional Questions in South Korea (Updated)
I do not know the first thing about the Constitution of South Korea. But this report from the New York Times reads like an exam fact pattern. First, the ...