Yoon Suk Yeol

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law on Tuesday evening, a move that the opposition rejected as "unconstitutional."

In the startling move, Yoon said in an unannounced late-night television address that the step was necessary to "protect the country from North Korea's communist forces and to eliminate anti-state elements."

South Korea is facing an unprecedented political crisis, as President Yeun Suk Yeol has announced martial law, citing “communist danger.”

Journalist Elisabeth Kiritsis, a resident of Seoul, describes to protothema.gr the country’s erratic situation, highlighting the tension and anxiety that has gripped citizens.

In a surprising televised address, South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law, citing the need to protect the country from both North Korean threats and internal political forces he described as "anti-state." Yoon, leader of the conservative People's Power Party, accused the opposition of undermining the government and causing dysfunction within the parliament

The most severe November snowstorm to hit South Korea's capital in more than a half century blanketed the capital on Nov. 27, grounding hundreds of airplane flights and disrupting commuter traffic.

Major arms exporter South Korea is not ruling out providing weapons directly to Ukraine, President Yoon Suk Yeol said Thursday, signaling a possible shift in Seoul's stance on the issue.

Yoon also revealed he had discussed North Korea with U.S. president-elect Donald Trump in a phone conversation that laid the groundwork for a meeting in the "near future."

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned that North Korea's potential deployment of troops to Ukraine in support of Russia would mark a major escalation in the ongoing conflict. He shared this message on the social media platform "X."

South Korea has claimed that North Korea has sent troops to support Russia in its ongoing war against Ukraine, which it views as a "serious threat" to global security. The South Korean presidential office, as quoted by Reuters, stated that Seoul will respond with all available measures.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un would face the end of his regime if he ever used his isolated country's nuclear weapons against the South, Seoul's president said on Tuesday.

Japan's outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will head to Seoul on Sept. 6 for a two-day visit to meet South Korea's leader after the pair worked to significantly boost bilateral ties.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will travel to Washington next week for a NATO summit where he is expected to sound the alarm on Russia and North Korea's recent military cooperation, his administration announced on Friday.