South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law in Seoul following a period of political instability and scandal, reminiscent of the impeachment and imprisonment of former President Park Geun-hye.
South Korea n President Yoon Suk Yeol delivers a speech to declare martial law in Seoul, South Korea , on Dec 3, 2024.
But she was accused of receiving or requesting tens of millions of dollars from conglomerates, including Samsung. Former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak speaks to the media as he arrives at his home in Seoul on Dec 30, 2022, after he received a presidential pardon cutting short his 17-year sentence on corruption charges. In power from 2008 to 2013, Park's conservative predecessor Lee Myung-bak was sentenced in October 2018 to 15 years in prison for corruption.
Former South Korean president Chun Doo-Hwan offers a flower to the late former President Kim Dae-Jung at the memorial altar for Kim in a hospital in Seoul on Aug 19, 2009. Military strongman Chun Doo-hwan, known as the"Butcher of Gwangju" for ordering his troops to put down an uprising against his rule in the southwestern city, agreed to step down in 1987 in the face of mass demonstrations.
The events of that night have been long a subject of heated debate in South Korea, particularly over whether the murder was premeditated.
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