The Latest Breaking News from Yoon Suk Yeol

South Korea's conservative party dropped its presidential candidate against his will on Saturday, beginning a process to instead nominate outsider and former prime minister Han Duck-soo less than a month before the election.

Kim won 56.5 per cent of the votes cast in a party primary, beating his sole competitor, Han Dong-hun

South Korea elects a new president on June 3, six months after previous head of state Yoon Suk Yeol sparked chaos by declaring martial law and was removed from office.

South Korea's former prime minister Han Duck-soo announced his bid for the presidency on Friday, joining the race in a snap election triggered by the impeachment of ex-president.

South Korea's political chaos deepened Thursday after a retrial was ordered for a presidential frontrunner over alleged election law violations and two key government figures quit ahead of a snap election next month.

Prosecutors initially held off including the charge due to Yoon’s presidential immunity – something he no longer enjoys

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Prosecutors allege Moon received bribes totalling £1,13,000 from a businessman-turned-lawmaker

Moon's indictment adds him to a long list of South Korean leaders who have faced trials or scandals at the close of their terms or after leaving office.

The South Korean government’s fact-finding commission has suspended its groundbreaking investigation into the extensive fraud and abuse that tainted the nation’s historic foreign adoption program, stemming from internal disputes among commissioners about which cases warranted recognition

South Korea's prosecutors said Thursday they have indicted former president Moon Jae-in on corruption charges related to the employment of his son-in-law at an airline.