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YOON SUK YEOL

South Korean then-President Yoon Suk Yeol in Rio de Janeiro in 2024.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 27, 2026
South Korea¡¯s ex-president found guilty of election disinformation
The Seoul Central District Court ruling could see Yoon¡¯s 2022 electoral win nullified, a symbolic blow for the ex-leader who is already serving a life sentence for insurrection.
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives at court to attend a hearing to review his arrest warrant requested by special prosecutors in Seoul on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 9, 2026
Top South Korea court to decide ex-president¡¯s martial law case
The disgraced former president is already in detention while he appeals a separate life sentence for leading an insurrection with his martial law declaration.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung meets with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Jan. 5.
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Jun 9, 2026
South Korea hit the China reset button. Or did it?
Seoul seeks balance as it hedges against the rivalry between Washington and Beijing.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung after a press conference to mark the first anniversary of former President Yoon Suk Yeol's failed martial law bid, at the Blue House in Seoul, on Dec. 3, 2025
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 8, 2026
South Korea prepares for local elections under shadow of disgraced former president
The June 3 contest for mayors and governors is South Korea¡¯s first nationwide vote since President Lee Jae Myung took power in a snap election following the martial law crisis.
South Korea's former first lady Kim Keon Hee, wife of impeached former president Yoon Suk Yeol, arrives at a court to attend a hearing to review her arrest warrant requested by special prosecutors at the Seoul Central District Court, in Seoul on Aug. 12, 2025.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
May 6, 2026
South Korean judge who hiked ex-first lady¡¯s jail sentence found dead
Last month, the judge presided over Kim Keon Hee¡¯s appeal trial, finding her guilty of stock manipulation and bribery, and increasing her sentence to four years from 20 months.
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives at a court hearing in Seoul last year.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 30, 2026
South Korean court hikes ex-president¡¯s sentence for obstructing justice
Yoon Suk Yeol is also serving a life sentence for the much more serious crime of leading an insurrection, a result of his failed attempt to impose martial law in 2024.
A TV screen broadcasting a news report on the sentencing trial of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's insurrection case, in Seoul, on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Feb 19, 2026
Ousted South Korean President Yoon sentenced to life over martial law
The verdict marks the conclusion of one of the most consequential judicial proceedings involving a former South Korean president.
A man holds up a picture bearing an image of former South Korean President Park Geun-hye as he attends a ceremony to celebrate the new year after a protest demanding Park's resignation, in Seoul on Dec. 31, 2016.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 19, 2026
Jail, disgrace and death: The dark fates of South Korean leaders
Former President Yoon Suk Yeol is far from the first South Korean leader to have his term end in tatters.
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul in September 2022.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 19, 2026
Ousted South Korea president risks death penalty at martial law ruling
A court is set to deliver a verdict on insurrection charges against former President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday.
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives at a court in Seoul on July 9, 2025.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 16, 2026
What to know as South Korea¡¯s ex-president Yoon faces insurrection verdict
Seoul¡¯s Central District Court will rule on Thursday on insurrection charges against former President Yoon Suk Yeol, delivering a verdict that will be broadcast live.
South Korea's former first lady, Kim Keon Hee, the wife of impeached former President Yoon Suk Yeol, arrives at the special prosecutor's office in Seoul on Aug. 6, 2025. Kim was sentenced to 20 months' jail for corruption on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 28, 2026
South Korea¡¯s former first lady jailed 20 months for corruption
Kim Keon Hee, the wife of impeached former President Yoon Suk Yeol, was acquitted of other charges that included stock manipulation.
Former South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo (center) arrives at the Seoul Central District Court for his first sentencing trial in the insurrection case in Seoul on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 21, 2026
South Korean ex-PM Han gets 23 years jail for martial law role
The sentence is eight years longer than prosecutors¡¯ demand.
A supporter of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol waits for his arrival for final arguments in his insurrection trial at a court in Seoul on Jan. 13.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 19, 2026
The cautionary tale of Yoon Suk Yeol and the ¡®abuse of power¡¯
South Koreans use the strength of their democracy to impose checks against executive overreach.
South Korea¡¯s then-President Yoon Suk Yeol in November 2024. Yoon was impeached and stripped of office over a shock declaration of martial law.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jan 16, 2026
South Korea¡¯s Yoon gets jail term in first of series of rulings
The Seoul Central District Court found Yoon guilty of unlawfully obstructing authorities¡¯ attempts to arrest him last year, and abuse of power.
Yoon Suk Yeol, then the president of South Korea, in Seoul on Sept. 14, 2022. A special counsel asked a court in Seoul on Tuesday to sentence Yoon to death.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jan 14, 2026
South Korean prosecutors demand death penalty for former leader Yoon
Yoon triggered a political crisis when he announced an end to civilian rule in December 2024 and sent troops to parliament to enforce it.
Former South Korean first lady Kim Keon Hee arrives for a hearing at the Seoul Central District Court on Aug.12.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 29, 2025
South Korea¡¯s ex-first lady accused of taking over $200,000 in bribes
Kim Keon Hee, the wife of disgraced ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol, also ¡°illegally intervened in state affairs behind the scenes,¡± prosecutors say.
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives at the Seoul High Prosecutor's Office in June.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 26, 2025
South Korea prosecutor seeks 10-year jail term for ex-President Yoon
Prosecutors have accused the ousted president ?of trying to block investigators seeking to arrest him in January by barricading himself inside the presidential compound.
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives at a court to attend a hearing to review his arrest warrant requested by special prosecutors in Seoul on July 9.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 15, 2025
Yoon tried to provoke Pyongyang into armed aggression, prosecutor says
The ex-president¡¯s move was meant to create justification for the December 2024 martial law, special prosecutor Cho Eun-seok says.
People wait in a line to get into the Blue House¡¯s main building in Seoul in June. Ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol had blasted the Blue House as a "symbol of imperial power.¡±
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 8, 2025
South Korea to move presidential office to roll back Yoon legacy
Ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol moved the presidential office to the defense ministry¡¯s compound in Yongsan, central Seoul, upon his inauguration in 2022.
South Korea President Lee Jae Myung holds a news conference at the Blue House in Seoul on Wednesday, one year after ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 3, 2025
South Korea¡¯s Lee says on martial law anniversary perpetrators must face justice
The South Korean president said there was still work to be done to address the fallout of the failed martial law bid by his predecessor a year ago.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
Yasukuni Shrine introduces ban on military attire and cosplay
People gather in front of thousands of lanterns on display at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 15 during the Mitama Matsuri, one of the capital's largest summer o-Bon festivals.
Many Indonesians named after Japanese anime characters
Some people in Indonesia are named Doraemon, the name of a lead character of the blockbuster anime series with the same title.
Strong wind and heavy rain forecast as tropical storm approaches Japan
Tropical Storm Chan-hom is expected to make landfall in northern Kanto between late Tuesday and early Wednesday.
Severe tropical storm Chan-hom makes landfall near Tokyo
Severe Tropical Storm Chan-hom made landfall around Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Tuesday night.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
J. League enters new era as league kicks off first fall-spring campaign
Players from each J. League club pose during a kickoff event on Monday ahead of the start of the 2026-27 campaign.

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