The BBC has spoken to people close to the president to understand what drove him to trigger an authoritarian takeover.

South Korea’s Constitutional Court has unanimously removed Yoon Suk Yeol as president after he threw the nation into turmoil ...

South Korea will hold a snap presidential election June 3 to replace recently ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol, the country's ...

South Korea's Constitutional Court has upheld parliament's impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol and removed him from office ...

South Korea’s president Yoon Suk Yeol has been removed from office after the constitutional court voted unanimously to uphold ...

South Korea's beleaguered president Yook Suk Yeol was removed from office on Friday after a panel of judges upheld his ...

President Yoon’s brief martial law declaration and subsequent impeachment trial have deeply divided South Korea, a key U.S.

South Korea’s Constitutional Court removed impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol from office on Friday, four months after he ...

South Korea’s anti-corruption agency dispatched investigators to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday. Some investigators were on their hands and knees, combing for forensic ...

The unanimous verdict came more than three months after the opposition-controlled National Assembly voted to impeach him.

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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea will hold a snap presidential election June 3 to replace recently ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol, the country's acting leader Han Duck-soo announced Tuesday.