When South Koreans came out to defend democracy in the face of a surprise martial law declaration by their president, history ...

On the evening of Dec. 3, President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law to the nation's shock. “Are we reliving the ...

The last time South Korea imposed martial law, Gwangju endured a deadly crackdown. Han Kang, the Nobel Prize-winning author, told its story in “Human Acts.” By Victoria Kim Reporting from ...

Is South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on the verge of being forced out of office for declaring martial law nearly a week ...

Insurgents gained control after only a day of fighting, leaving President Bashar al-Assad's 24-year rule dangling by a thread ...

In 1980, violent clashes between government forces and pro-democracy demonstrators in the southwestern city of Gwangju ...

Protests demanding the president resign continue, as South Koreans are clearly shocked and outraged at Yoon’s attempt to ...

President Yoon Suk Yeol is facing parliamentary moves to impeach him after he sent heavily armed forces into Seoul’s streets ...

Days later, martial law was declared. South Korea is widely considered a peaceful beacon of democracy in Asia, but that ...

Nobel Prize laureate in Literature Han Kang smiles as she receives a bouquet of flowers after her lecture titled Light and Thread at the Swedish Academy on December 7 (local time). AP Yonhap News ...