Courtroom No. 417 in Seoul has hosted trials of five former presidents and several business leaders. The courtroom's design ...

Candidate Lee said after paying his respects at the National Cemetery that, "Former Minister Yoon Yeo-joon is someone who ...

Former South Korean President Moon Jae-in joins many of his predecessors, including recently removed President Yoon Suk Yeol, ...

Yoon Suk Yeol joins a list of the country's former leaders who have faced impeachment, exile and assassination.

In 1996, former Presidents Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo appeared in court on charges of insurrection, bribery and corruption. Trials for former Presidents Park Geun-hye and Lee Myung-bak were ...

President Chun Doo-hwan ruled as a military dictator but massive pro-democracy protests forced his government to accept a constitutional revision allowing direct presidential elections in 1987.

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

Chun Doo-hwan (1980-1988) Park was replaced by an interim government, but within months another army general and his military allies seized power in a coup in December 1979, deploying tanks and troops ...

Under court rules, Yoon is required to attend the hearing in person. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.