SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol has appointed a legal defense team to handle his impeachment trial and investigations related to his brief imposition of martial law, his representatives said Friday. Bae Bo-yoon, a former Constitutional Court scholar who worked as a court spokesperson during the impeachment trial of former President [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Constitutional Court is set to hold the first preparatory hearing Friday of a trial on the validity of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment by the National Assembly over his brief imposition of martial law. The hearing, scheduled for 2 p.m., will bring together the legal representatives of both [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol ordered the deletion of a public curfew in an initial draft of the martial law decree issued earlier this month, a lawyer for former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun claimed Thursday. Kim’s lawyer, Yoo Seung-soo, said the former minister had originally written the draft that included [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Police have been analyzing President Yoon Suk Yeol’s personal phone records after securing them as part of their investigation into his botched declaration of martial law earlier this month, officials said. The police special investigation team handling the case is checking the records for conversations with individuals allegedly involved [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A joint law enforcement team investigating the martial law case said Friday it has requested impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol appear for questioning next week over his involvement in the botched martial law imposition. The team sent the summons to Yoon to appear for questioning at the Corruption Investigation [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Some 100 military vehicles and 12 Blackhawk helicopters were mobilized by the military for the short-lived martial law imposition on Dec. 3, an opposition lawmaker said Thursday. The list of mobilized equipment includes 107 vehicles, such as buses and armed tactical vehicles, as well as choppers that carried special [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Constitutional Court is set to hold the first plenary meeting of its justices Thursday since receiving the National Assembly’s impeachment case against President Yoon Suk Yeol. The Council of Justices, which is held regularly and attended by all justices to discuss pending cases, is expected to deal with [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A shaman reportedly close to President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife attended his arrest warrant hearing at a court Thursday after being charged with receiving illegal political funds about six years ago. Jeon Seong-bae, also known as Geon Jin, was detained by prosecutors earlier this week on suspicion [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol failed to appear before the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials on Wednesday, defying a summons for questioning over his short-lived imposition of martial law. Yoon had been asked by a joint investigation team made up of the CIO, the police and the defense ministry’s [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The Constitutional Court said Wednesday it has ordered President Yoon Suk Yeol to submit the martial law decree he issued on Dec. 3 as well as the minutes of two Cabinet meetings held before and after martial law was declared. Lee Jin, a court spokesperson, told reporters the order [...]