After local media reported that police investigating ex-South Korean interior minister Lee Sang-min's role in December's brief imposition of martial law had discovered large amounts of money at his home,

Martial law is unheard of in the modern democratic era, which has seen South Korea become a major exporter and a cultural powerhouse, thanks in part to the huge global popularity of K-pop and K-drama.

The last time martial law was declared in South Korea was in 1979, after the assassination of the then-South Korean dictator Park Chung-hee, who had seized power in a military coup in 1961.

South Korean Leader Will Face Impeachment Vote Over Martial Law Declaration. Lawmakers filed a motion to remove President Yoon Suk Yeol, reflecting the fury over his audacious response to ...

South Korean lawmakers began impeachment proceedings against President Yoon Suk Yeol after he briefly imposed martial law and then reversed course on that decision just hours later.. Yoon claimed ...

1979 Martial Law Last Imposed in South Korea. Seoul citizens walk beside an army tank on Saturday, Oct. 27, 1979, after martial law was declared following the death of President Park Chung-Hee.

South Korea’s Constitution places strict limits on how a president can declare martial law: It must be during war or comparable national emergency; the president must hold a deliberation at a ...

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea said it planned to intensify trade talks with the United States and considers U.S. President Donald Trump's plan for a 25% tariff from August 1 as effectively extending a grace period on implementing reciprocal tariffs.