With the help of icons like Bruce Lee and, later, Jackie Chan, kung-fu was popularized and became part of mainstream pop culture. From Enter the Dragon to Drunken Master, martial arts were at the ...

For the first time since South Korea became a democracy some 40 years ago, a president declared martial law. But hours later, the opposition and members of his own party in parliament rejected the ...

On Dec. 3, 2024, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law, which remained in effect for only about six hours. Shortly after, a photograph purportedly taken following the declaration ...

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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said early Wednesday that he would soon lift the military rule he imposed overnight, after the parliament voted to reject his martial law ...

SEOUL, South Korea — In a final statement at his impeachment trial, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol defended his martial law decree that plunged the country into chaos as a bid to inform the ...

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s main opposition party on Wednesday urged President Yoon Suk Yeol to resign immediately or face impeachment, hours after Yoon ended short-lived martial law that ...