Former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol sentenced to life for 2024 coup attempt
Millions of people had taken to the streets immediately after the declaration of martial law on December 3, 2024, forcing Yoon to withdraw the measure and the National Assembly to vote the measure as illegal.
Can South Korea’s new president stand up to Washington?
President Lee Jae Myung’s election was praised by progressives around the world, but the success of his administration depends on his willingness to assert an independent path for South Korea.
Massive celebrations after South Korea’s president Yoon Suk Yeol removed from his post
Yoon, whose government was highly unpopular due to authoritarian policies and escalating war efforts, was impeached by the country’s parliament for imposing a short-lived martial law over the country last year in December.
Impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol arrested over martial law decree
Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s first sitting president to be arrested, is under investigation over his martial law decree in December 2024.
Was South Korea’s coup an attempt to restart the Korean War?
Opposition lawmakers are alleging the full scope of President Yoon’s coup involved a months-long plot to trigger a “limited war” with North Korea
With martial law defeated, now is a decisive moment for change in South Korea
Following Yoon’s failed attempt to impose martial law, the situation continues to unfold as each passing moment shakes the foundation of the current social order and further opens the horizon of possibility.
South Korea’s impeachment fails—what’s next?
Yoon Seok Yeol’s failed attempt to impose martial law and the subsequent impeachment vote have blown the lid off of a much deeper political crisis in the country.
Calls for the resignation of Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol grow following declaration of martial law
Calls for Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to resign have grown throughout the country following the President’s attempt to impose martial law
South Korean President declares martial law, sparking protest
In his announcement declaring martial law, President Yoon Suk Yeol stated that he seeks to eradicate “shameless pro-North Korean anti-state forces”
Fatalities “desirable”: Israeli documents on Kafr Qasim massacre declassified
Israeli Border Police forces killed at least 48 Palestinians in the village of Kafr Qasim in 1956. Now-unsealed court transcripts reveal a deliberate plot for displacement.
Myanmar’s junta executes four anti-coup activists
The executions have invoked widespread condemnation with rights groups claiming that these arbitrary executions in close-door trials highlight the escalating atrocities under junta rule in Myanmar
As ‘holiday truce’ ends, is peace on the table for the Philippines?
Both the government and the CPP have categorically indicated willingness to reopen the peace process that was abandoned mid-way in 2017






