At a time when some are questioning the relevance of human rights and the rules-based order, Asia witnessed some extraordinary demonstrations of "people power" in 2024.

These comments from Pyongyang followed a prolonged political crisis in South Korea triggered by the Dec. 3 declaration of martial law and the subsequent impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol.

which potentially would make him the first sitting president to be detained as part of investigations over allegations he masterminded insurrection by trying to impose martial law. Insurrection is ...

Asia / Pacific South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol continued on Thursday to resist arrest inside his residence for a third day following his impeachment over a failed martial law bid on December 3.

A former defence minister who officials said recommended Yoon declare martial law has been indicted on charges of insurrection and will go on trial on Jan. 16. Some of the top military officers ...

About a dozen nuns performed hand chops and high kicks, some of them wielding swords, as they showed off their martial art skills to hundreds of cheering well-wishers at the long-awaited reopening ...

SEOUL — South Korean investigators have sought an arrest warrant for suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol over this month’s short-lived imposition of martial law ... United States and trading partners ...

SEOUL-South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol authorised the military to fire its weapons if needed to enter Parliament during his failed bid to impose martial law, according to a prosecutors ...

Sportive fighting is all fine and good, but Warrior Flow is a martial art in the literal, etymological sense of the term “martial,” which means “of or pertaining to war.” The art is an art ...

Yoon shocked the country and the world with a late-night announcement on December 3 that he was imposing martial law to overcome political deadlock and root out “anti-state forces.” ...

SEOUL — It seemed far-fetched this summer when some opposition lawmakers here began warning that South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol might declare martial law. Some said it was just a gut feeling.

Woo also had a message for people around the world who had watched with shock as South Korean troops were deployed during President Yoon’s brief declaration of martial law. “South Korea is strong.