Candle-lit vigils and rallies were held across South Korea on Wednesday, a nation outraged and frustrated by the president’s ...

In the uncertain hours early Wednesday, many recalled the nation’s last martial law, which came after a coup installed a ...

Last year, a blockbuster movie gripped South Korea with a dramatization of a painful memory from its authoritarian past, when ...

By Hyonhee Shin, Cynthia Kim, Ju-min Park and Hyunjoo Jin SEOUL (Reuters) -At his confirmation hearing three months ago, ...

During South Korea's decades under autocratic governments and military rule, martial law was a common response to political ...

Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s president, declared martial law on Tuesday, vowing to eliminate “anti-state forces” that he said ...

President Yoon Suk Yeol announced the extraordinary move amid a bitter fight with the political opposition, and protesters ...

President Yoon Suk-yeol declared martial law, then backed off, in a matter of hours. He now faces impeachment and mass ...

Martial law was first used in 1948 by South Korea's first president Syngman Rhee as he cracked down on communist uprisings, ...

Dictator Park Chung-hee, who ruled South Korea for nearly 20 years before he was assassinated by his spy chief in 1979, led ...

South Korea's president shocked the country on Tuesday night when, out of the blue, he declared martial law in the Asian ...

South Korea’s National Assembly voted to lift an emergency declaration of martial law just hours after President Yoon Suk ...