The BBC has spoken to people close to the president to understand what drove him to trigger an authoritarian takeover.

South Korea, March 19, 2025. The letters read "Dismiss Yoon Suk Yeol." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on ... South Korea's impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol attends a hearing of his impeachment trial at the Constitutional ...

Political analysts in South Korea and the United States expressed mixed reactions to former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s ouster on ... we can anticipate big changes — mostly for the worse for ...

South Korea’s Constitutional Court removed impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol from office on Friday ... on Dec. 20, 2012. The letters read " Female President.” (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) South ...

The letters read "Step down." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) Protesters stage a rally calling for impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to step down near the Constitutional Court in Seoul ...

South Korea's Constitutional Court has ruled Yoon Suk Yeol abused his power by declaring ... "Because he was so big and angry, the officers were frightened. They practically ran away," he said.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on ... South Korea's impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol attends a hearing of his impeachment trial at the Constitutional ...