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Yoon Suk-Yeol

From Acclaimed Prosecutor to Arrested President

In just a few years, he managed to go from being a star prosecutor to grabbing the presidential post. Now, Yoon Suk-Yeol has become unique as the first president in South Korea's history to be arrested.

From Acclaimed Prosecutor to Arrested President

Impeachment trial initiated against President Yoon

The impeachment process has been initiated against South Korea's suspended president Yoon Suk-Yeol. He himself was not present.

Impeachment trial initiated against President Yoon

Source: Police monitoring Yoon – rumored to have fled

The police are keeping South Korea's ousted president Yoon Suk-Yeol under surveillance after reports that he may have fled the presidential residence, reports Yonhap. The residence is simultaneously described as a "fortress".

Source: Police monitoring Yoon – rumored to have fled

Ongoing standoff over the arrest of Yoon

The deadline for South Korea's impeached president Yoon Suk-Yeol to surrender to the authorities has expired. He has locked himself in his residence, while investigators are seeking police assistance to retrieve him.

Ongoing standoff over the arrest of Yoon

South Korea: New attempts to arrest the president expected

The large protests continue in South Korea, despite snow and minus degrees. At the same time, the authorities are preparing for a new attempt to arrest the suspended president.

South Korea: New attempts to arrest the president expected

Yoon ignored his own ministers' protests

South Korea's suspended president Yoon Suk-Yeol disregarded that several of his heaviest ministers opposed his controversial decision to declare a state of emergency, shows a prosecutor's report that AFP has taken part of. .

Yoon ignored his own ministers' protests

Military blocked arrest of suspended president

Security personnel and military stopped investigators and police from arresting South Korea's suspended president Yoon Suk-Yeol in Seoul on Friday. .

Military blocked arrest of suspended president

South Korea's Ousted President Faces Arrest

A court in Seoul has approved the application for an arrest warrant against South Korea's impeached president Yoon Suk-Yeol, reports Yonhap. .

South Korea's Ousted President Faces Arrest

Investigator wants South Korea's Yoon arrested

Investigator wants an arrest warrant issued against South Korea's former president Yoon Suk-Yeol, reports Yonhap. .

Investigator wants South Korea's Yoon arrested

Impeachment proceedings also against Acting President

South Korea's parliament has voted for an impeachment process against the country's acting president Han Duck-Soo. He has replaced Yoon Suk-Yeol, who has been impeached for his criticized decision to introduce martial law in December.

Impeachment proceedings also against Acting President

The Defense: Yoon did not stage a coup

South Korea's now suspended president Yoon Suk-Yeol did not instigate a rebellion by introducing martial law, claim his defenders. He will therefore contest the charges in court, they tell the Korean news agency Yonhap.

The Defense: Yoon did not stage a coup

South Korea's Opposition Demands Swift Resolution

Act quickly and efficiently to remove South Korea's President Yoon Suk-Yeol from his post. This is the opposition's demand the day after it becomes clear that Yoon will face impeachment.

South Korea's Opposition Demands Swift Resolution

Cheering and Tears of Joy on Seoul's Streets

With Christmas carols and K-pop, hundreds of thousands of South Korean demonstrators celebrated today's vote, where President Yoon Suk-Yeol faces impeachment. .

Cheering and Tears of Joy on Seoul's Streets

Impeachment in South Korea – this is what happens now

The noose is tightening around South Korea's President Yoon Suk-Yeol. Today's message is the first step towards him being ousted, says Jakob Hallgren at the Foreign Policy Institute.

Impeachment in South Korea – this is what happens now

South Korea's President Faces Impeachment

South Korea's President Yoon Suk-Yeol is impeached and faces trial after suddenly declaring a short-lived martial law last week. The National Assembly has voted to remove him, which was met with cheers from demonstrating crowds outside.

South Korea's President Faces Impeachment

South Korea's President: "Will Fight to the End"

South Korea's President Yoon Suk-Yeol believes that his controversial decision to declare a state of emergency should be seen as an action to "govern" the country and not as a coup attempt, he says in a televised speech. The opposition has submitted a motion to bring the president to trial.

South Korea's President: "Will Fight to the End"

Accusations against South Korea's Defense Minister Intensify

South Korea's former Defense Minister Kim Yong-Hyon has been arrested on charges of helping President Yoon Suk-Yeol attempt a coup. .

Accusations against South Korea's Defense Minister Intensify

South Korea's President is Banned from Leaving the Country

South Korea's President Yoon Suk-Yeol is banned from leaving the country. He is subject to a travel ban in the investigation into the short-lived and surprising state of emergency he declared last week.

South Korea's President is Banned from Leaving the Country

South Korea: Former Defense Minister Arrested

South Korea's former Defense Minister Kim Yong-Hyun is reported to have been arrested following the short-lived state of emergency declared by the president last week. The country's Interior Minister announces his resignation.

South Korea: Former Defense Minister Arrested

Demonstrators in Seoul refuse to give up: "Unforgivable"

The news that South Korea's President Yoon Suk-Yeol avoids impeachment was met with dismay on Seoul's streets. I am deeply disappointed and shocked that this could happen, says demonstrator Mingyeong Sung.

Demonstrators in Seoul refuse to give up: "Unforgivable"

President avoids impeachment after boycott

Too few parliament members were present. South Korea's President Yoon Suk-Yeol avoids impeachment.

President avoids impeachment after boycott

Nobel Laureate: "Shocked by the Events"

He Kang took up the political unrest in South Korea directly at his press conference in Stockholm. Like many other South Koreans, I have been shocked by the recent days' events in my homeland, she says.

Nobel Laureate: "Shocked by the Events"

The Party Leader Wants to Strip President Yoon of Power

The pressure is increasing on South Korea's President Yoon Suk-Yeol to resign. The risk of him being impeached is growing.

The Party Leader Wants to Strip President Yoon of Power

Demonstrators in Seoul: "Too angry to sleep"

Demonstrators in South Korea defy the cold and spend the night outside the parliament in anger. We'll leave when the president has resigned, says one of them to TT.

Demonstrators in Seoul: "Too angry to sleep"