Its roots are in the era of military dictatorships. By Choe Sang-Hun Reporting from Seoul South Korea’s Presidential Security Service, a n agency assigned to protect the president ...

South Korean impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday requested the court to cancel his arrest over his attempt to impose martial law in December last year, according to local media.

The head of South Korea’s presidential security service has resigned after warning authorities to avoid “bloodshed” in any attempt to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol over his short ...

Yoon's presidential powers were suspended following his impeachment by the opposition-controlled National Assembly on Dec. 14, with lawmakers accusing him of rebellion. The Constitutional Court is now ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s acting leader on Friday accepted the resignation of the chief of the presidential security service, Park Jong-joon, as he faced police questioning over ...

The chief of the presidential security service in South Korea, Park Jong-joon, resigned from his position amid a political stalemate as federal authorities seek to arrest the country’s impeached ...

South Korean prosecutors have indicted the suspended President ... The embattled president had been holed up in his fortified ...

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