Park Sun-young, the current chair of South Korea’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, claims to be a devout Catholic. Yet her words and actions frequently clash with the very core values of that ...

Courtroom No. 417 in Seoul has hosted trials of five former presidents and several business leaders. The courtroom's design ...

Having accepted jurisdiction, the Seoul Central District Court will simultaneously hold criminal trials for two former South ...

Former South Korean President Moon Jae-in joins many of his predecessors, including recently removed President Yoon Suk Yeol, ...

Yoon Suk Yeol joins a list of the country's former leaders who have faced impeachment, exile and assassination.

Candidate Lee said after paying his respects at the National Cemetery that, "Former Minister Yoon Yeo-joon is someone who ...

Former President Moon Jae-in’s indictment on bribery charges, involving questions over his former son-in-law’s salary, has ...

President Chun Doo-hwan ruled as a military dictator but massive pro-democracy protests forced his government to accept a constitutional revision allowing direct presidential elections in 1987.

The BBC has spoken to people close to the president to understand what drove him to trigger an authoritarian takeover.

1987: autocrat Chun retires 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 ...