On the evening of Dec. 3, President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law to the nation's shock. “Are we reliving the ...

I immediately thought of 1980, and the fear and desperation we felt,” said a 60-year-old lawmaker who lived through the ...

"I told myself I would write a novel that takes another step towards light and warmth [...] but realized that something ...

In the uncertain hours early Wednesday, many recalled the nation’s last martial law, which came after a coup installed a ...

Protests demanding the president resign continue, as South Koreans are clearly shocked and outraged at Yoon’s attempt to ...

Is South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on the verge of being forced out of office for declaring martial law nearly a week ...

A new digital-centered media environment played a crucial role in alerting plugged-in Koreans to the situation and enabling them to take action ...

The last time South Korea imposed martial law, Gwangju endured a deadly crackdown. Han Kang, the Nobel Prize-winning author, told its story in “Human Acts.” By Victoria Kim Reporting from ...

When South Koreans came out to defend democracy in the face of a surprise martial law declaration by their president, history ...

Nobel Prize laureate in Literature Han Kang smiles as she receives a bouquet of flowers after her lecture titled Light and Thread at the Swedish Academy on December 7 (local time). AP Yonhap News ...

Within the span of a chaotic six hours, South Korea saw its president declare emergency martial law, be denounced by his own ...

In 1980, violent clashes between government forces and pro-democracy demonstrators in the southwestern city of Gwangju ...