Defense ministry currently led by vice minister, No. 9 in military order of command The ruling conservative bloc has ramped ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said an elevated U.S. security partnership with South Korea and Japan poses a grave ...

Former Minister of National Defense Kim Yong-hyun, who was arrested and indicted on charges of leading the ‘12·3 emergency martial law’ situation, filed a cancellation lawsuit, arguing that ...

We need to set things right. We must prepare an emergency plan for the nation," then-Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun began drafting the Dec. 3 martial law declaration, a public address to the ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is putting up a desperate fight for his political life at Seoul’s Constitutional Court ...

SEOUL - President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment trial entered its final stage this week, with just two formal hearings remaining, and legal circles expecting the verdict would be out in mid-March.

Kim Jong-un visits defense ministry North Korean leader Kim Jong-un claps as he visits the country's defense ministry on Feb.

The country’s main political parties clashed over procedural controversies surrounding President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment ...

It is Yoon who declared martial law. But around him, there were other key figures like former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, who is said to have recommended martial law and ordered soldiers to ...

Opposition parties push Myung Tae-kyun special investigation over Kim Keon-hee Opposition parties propose a new investigation ...

Several senior officials from his administration, including former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Park An-su, and Lt. Gen. Kwak Jong-keun, head of the Army Special ...