The Latest Breaking News from Seoul

Seoul court rejected the prosecution’s first request on Friday

Protesters who stormed a Seoul court at the weekend may not have worn animal skins, but the similarities are striking

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Impeached president questioned over martial law declaration last month after standoff at his residence

Yoon Suk Yeol becomes first sitting South Korean president to be arrested, six weeks after he declared martial law

Investigators used ladders to climb into President Yoon Suk-yeol’s home after he failed to appear at impeachment trial.

South Korean law enforcement officials are in a standoff with presidential security forces at impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol’s official residence in the capital Seoul

The launch came as Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya visited South Korea for a series of meetings with top officials, with the Asian neighbours seeking to boost bilateral ties before Trump returns to office next week.

In today’s newsletter: Kyiv’s interrogation footage of captured North Korean soldiers leads to questions about what it might do with the soldiers – and what the PoWs might do for them