After declaring martial law, Mr. Yoon gave instructions to his finance minister to cut funds to the Assembly and prepare new budgets for “a national emergency legislature.” ...

Chaos ensued around the National Assembly complex in western Seoul, while soldiers were spotting trying to enter the parliament soon after Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial ...

The National Assembly convened a plenary session and passed a resolution requesting the lifting of emergency martial law early Wednesday. The resolution, passed hours after Korean President Yoon ...

Police stand guard in front of the main gate of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 3, 2024, after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law. Jung Yeon-je/AFP via ...

South Korea’s National Assembly has voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol, suspending him from office, after his ill-fated decision to impose martial law early this month.

Members of the military make their way through the crowd in front of the National Assembly, after South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law, in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 4, 2024 ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law in an unannounced late-night TV address on Tuesday and was immediately met with defiance from opposition lawmakers in the National Assembly.

South Korea has introduced new rules that ban the deployment of troops or police to the National Assembly without the prior ...

Martial law was first decreed in South Korea in 1948 by then-President Syngman Rhee after government forces faced a communist-led military rebellion. Rhee, who was president for 12 years, would ...

People gesture as they gather outside the National Assembly in Seoul on December 4, 2024, after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law. Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images hide ...

One martial law soldier deployed to the National Assembly bows in apology to citizens while withdrawing early on Wednesday. Captured from TV Heo Jae-hyun's YouTube channel Young troops: Consoling ...