March 8, 2025

• President Yoon freed after 52 days in detention

  
  Court rules CIO calculated Yoon’s detention period incorrectly, division of detention period had no legal grounds President Yoon Suk Yeol was released on Saturday after 52 days in detention, after the

Feb. 20, 2025

• Ex-intel agency No. 2 changes testimony on where he wrote 'politician arrest list’

  
  At the 10th hearing of President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment trial, Hong Jang-won, the former National Intelligence Service deputy director, changed his previous testimony about where he received the list in a phone call with the then-chief of the Defense Counterintelligence Command, Yeo In-hyung. Yoon denied allegations of ordering the arrest of lawmakers, claiming that Hong was trying to link their conversation as direct order for arrest.

• PM Han testifies Dec. 3 Cabinet meeting was ‘flawed’

  
  Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, who appeared at the 10th hearing of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment trial, testified that all Cabinet members tried to persuade Yoon against declaring martial law on the night of Dec. 3.

Feb. 13, 2025

• Court adds extra hearing to Yoon's trial

  
  During the eighth hearing of President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment trial, Col. Cho Seong-hyun, commander of the 1st Security Group at the Capital Defense Command, testified that he had been given a military order to assist soldiers in arresting lawmakers on the night of the Dec. 3, 2024 martial law declaration. National Intelligence Service Director Cho Tae-yong, however, contradicted the testimony of his subordinate, former First Deputy Director Hong Jang-won, who had claimed there was a note listing 14 prominent politicians Yoon ordered to be arrested.

Feb. 6, 2025

• Ex-commander hits back at denials, says order was to drag out lawmakers

  
  During the sixth hearing of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment trial, Lt. Gen. Kwak Jong-geun, former head of the Army Special Warfare Command, testified that Yoon ordered him to “quickly break down the National Assembly door and drag out the people inside."

Jan. 23, 2025

• Yoon: Martial law didn't fail, but ended 'sooner than expected'

  
  At the fourth hearing of his impeachment trial, President Yoon Suk Yeol stated that the Dec. 3 martial law decree was to inform the public of the dangers posed by the opposition-dominated National Assembly.

Jan. 19, 2025

• Angry Yoon supporters storm Seoul court in first such attack on judiciary

  
  87 arrested early Sunday morning, as supporters of suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol violently attacked authorities and broke into court building

• Yoon formally arrested as criminal trial awaits

  
  President Yoon Suk Yeol was formally arrested on Sunday after a South Korean court issued a warrant that would put him in custody for up to six months as investigative authorities look into his martial law imposition in December.

Dec. 31, 2024

• Acting president appoints 2 justices, leaving one seat vacant on Constitutional Court

  
  Acting President Choi Sang-mok on Tuesday approved two justices to fill in the nine-member Constitutional Court tasked to proceed with President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment trial.

• Court issues arrest warrant to detain Yoon

  
  A Seoul court approved a request from investigative authorities to detain South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived martial law declaration on Dec. 3, making him the first sitting pres

Dec. 14, 2024

• Assembly ejects Yoon from power after 12-day political turmoil

  
  The opposition-led National Assembly on Saturday approved a motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of insurrection tied to his botched declaration of martial law on Dec. 3

Dec. 7, 2024

• Motion to impeach Yoon Suk Yeol scrapped amid ruling party boycot

  
  The motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol for his declaration of martial law earlier this week was scrapped Saturday, after his ruling party defended the embattled leader by refusing to vote.

Dec. 3, 2024

• South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declares martial law

  
  In an emergency address to the nation Tuesday, President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law in South Korea.