Yoon must immediately hand over power to the prime minister, who will act as caretaker while the courts review the impeachment vote. The process could take months.

South Korea's opposition accused the ruling party of a "second coup" for blocking President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment over his short-lived attempt at imposing martial law. Yoon has been banned from leaving the country as authorities investigate him on insurrection charges, the country's justice ministry said Monday.

The decision to hand power to the country's prime minister has been widely criticised by the opposition.

Yoon Suk Yeol tells nation he will face legal consequences and will not try to impose martial law for a second time

South Korea’s president is in serious trouble after the nation descended into chaos today – and Australia won’t be immune from the fallout.

Kim Yong-hyun has apologized for causing “confusion and concern” by advising President Yoon Suk Yeol to declare martial law

South Korea has declared martial law, with troops preparing to storm parliament after an escalation of tensions with North Korea.

Nearly all would raise their hands to go, ex-military defectors explain, owing to regime loyalty, promise of higher status and a glimpse of the outside world.

A new missile test, troops to Russia and death sentences for K-pop

Amid worrying times, South Korea is considering building nuclear weapons of its own in what could create a “balance of terror”.

Majority of the dead were workers who emigrated from China, officials say

Kim Jong-un has found a new, and gross, way of annoying South Korea – with a flotilla of excrement filled balloons sent across the border.

Pyongyang called the exercises “an act of seriously threatening the security” of North Korea that further destabilized the situation in the region, according to state media.

North Korea is formally abolishing a handful of key government agencies charged with promoting cooperation and reunification with the South, state media reported Tuesday.

Lee Jae-myung was attacked during a press conference in Busan.