
South Korea revises martial law rules after political crisis
Former president Yoon Suk Yeol tried to impose martial law in December, triggering a crisis and impeachment.
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Yoon Suk Yeol is a South Korean politician and former prosecutor who served as the 13th president of South Korea from 2022 until he was removed from office in 2025. A member of the People Power Party during his presidency, he was the shortest-serving directly elected president in the country's democratic history since 1987. Yoon previously served as the prosecutor general of South Korea from 2019 to 2021.
Former president Yoon Suk Yeol tried to impose martial law in December, triggering a crisis and impeachment.