The investigators probing South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol over charges of insurrection saught to extend his detention on Friday as the leader refused to cooperate with questioning.

South Korea's opposition Democratic Party said Wednesday that the arrest of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was the beginning of restoring order to the country after weeks of political turmoil.

South Korea's Yoon Suk Yeol rose from star prosecutor to the presidency in just a few years, but after a series of scandals and a bungled martial law decree, he's

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been detained after a massive law enforcement operation at the presidential compound that ended a weeks-long stand-off between his bodyguards and the country's anti-corruption agency.

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was detained by police at his residence Wednesday morning for questioning over his short-lived martial law attempt.

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrived at court for the first time on Saturday to attend a hearing that will decide whether to extend his detention as investigators probe his failed martial law bid.

South Korea's arrested President Yoon Suk Yeol failed to attend a second day of questioning by investigators on Thursday, further stonewalling a criminal probe into whether he committed insurrection with his martial law bid.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean law enforcement officials on Wednesday detained impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his ... The liberal opposition Democratic Party, which drove a ...

Rep. Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party of Korea chair and likely presidential front-runner, attended court Friday for corruption charges dating back to his time as mayor of Seongnam, a city in Gyeonggi Province near Seoul.

The National Assembly passed a revised bill proposed by the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) on launching a special counsel probe into impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed martial law bid.

A Seoul court is set to rule on investigators' request for warrant to formally arrest Yoon as early as Saturday night - Anadolu Ajansı