Yoon, already deeply unpopular before his martial law attempt, received an 85% negative rating in the weekly tracking poll released by Gallup Korea. Some 75% of respondents supported his impeachment, while 21% opposed it. Advertisement The Democratic Party ...

SEOUL: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's dark claims of communist infiltration when declaring martial law last week may have seemed to many like a throwback to the Cold War. But his rhetoric echo

As South Korea's president faces a new impeachment attempt, he defended his martial law decree as an act of governance and denied rebellion charges.