SEOUL--Former South Korean President Roh Tae-woo, who participated in a military coup then won the election that was the country’s first move toward democracy before he was imprisoned for ...

Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo, then army generals, took advantage of the political confusion to stage a coup in December 1979. - 1961: Yun overthrown in a coup - President Yun Po-sun was ...

President Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested early Sunday, making him the first sitting president in Korea’s history to be arrested.

Seoul's western districts have seen a bloom in South Korean indie unseen since the 1990s, spearheaded by acts like Parannoul, Zyr Della, and Asian Glow.

Former President Roh Tae-woo disclosed that the announcement of the joint declaration of denuclearization was a pre-emptive move intended to put the provocative North under control. In his memoir ...

Yoon Suk Yeol this week became South Korea’s first sitting president to be detained. The Seoul Detention Center is a far cry from his official residence.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is facing possible ... to accept direct presidential elections. His army buddy Roh Tae-woo, who had joined Chun’s 1979 coup, won the election held later ...

And the embattled president has reportedly changed out of ... Young-sam or Kim Dae-jung was going to win the election, not Roh Tae-woo,” said Mike Breen, a reporter at the time and a Seoul ...