South Korean investigators on Friday pressed ahead with their probe into impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his Dec. 3 martial law declaration, issuing another summons demanding that he appear for questioning on Christmas Day,

South Korean police have questioned Prime Minister and Acting President Han Duck-soo as part of an investigation into the short-lived decision this month to impose martial law, an official at his office said on Friday.

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived December 3 martial law declaration has spurred a wave of online misinformation. In one recent example, an image surfaced on social media that appeared to show a man throwing a glass bottle at a television broadcasting Yoon's defiant speech defending the imposition of martial law.

The president faces an accusation of insurrection and, in a first for a sitting leader, the possibility of arrest. Here’s what to know about his political future.

For the United States, the turmoil in South Korea is potentially disruptive to its geopolitical agenda in East Asia.

Some members of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s own party helped remove him from office. But the political uncertainty is far from over.

South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol failed to appear before law enforcement authorities on Wednesday for questioning over his attempt to impose martial law. A joint investigation team, consisting of the police,

Demonstrators supporting and opposing South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol held rival protests several hundred metres apart in Seoul on Saturday, a week after he was impeached over his short-lived declaration of martial law.

For South Koreans, 2024 proved to be more dramatic than previous ones. On Dec. 14, President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached by the National Assembly, less than two weeks after his botched martial law imposition.