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 ...

National Security Office chief testifies Yoon mentioned 'emergency measure' in March last year Former Minister of Interior ...

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

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

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.

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

If convicted, he could face life imprisonment or even the death penalty. He will stand trial alongside several military officials and his former defence minister, Kim Yong-hyun, who claimed he urged ...

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 ...

"Then I ordered Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun and Army Chief of Staff Park An-soo to withdraw the military." He continued, "Instead of just waiting until the state of emergency was lifted ...

The Hankyoreh examined the notebook of Roh Sang-won, a former military leader accused of helping plan the martial law plot, ...

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 ...