And should the vote fail, Yoon can still face "legal responsibility" for the martial law bid, Kim Hyun-jung, a researcher at the Korea University Institute of Law, told AFP. "This is clearly an act of insurrection," she said. "Even if the impeachment ...

Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul told parliament that there had been "serious damage" to South Korea's diplomatic position because of the martial law decree. Cho said he told Yoon in a brief cabinet meeting before the declaration that the move would have ...

President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed to “fight to the end,” despite the opposition’s push to impeach him and his own party’s demand that he resign.