Yoon, who was impeached and suspended from office in December, is the first sitting South Korean president to be arrested.

South Korean authorities detained President Yoon Suk Yeol Wednesday morning, after he surrendered to “avoid bloodshed” ...

Michelle Ye Hee Lee is The Washington Post's Tokyo bureau ... she was a government accountability reporter at the Arizona Republic in Phoenix. Yoon Suk Yeol, who is facing insurrection charges ...

As investigators closed in on Yoon on Friday, attempting to detain him in relation to insurrection charges, his supporters waved American flags, sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” and held signs ...

SEOUL – The South Korean National Assembly voted Saturday to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol, forcing him to immediately hand power over to the prime minister following his short-lived attempt this ...

SEOUL – The South Korean National Assembly voted Saturday to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol, forcing him to immediately hand power over to the prime minister following his short-lived attempt ...