The move to declare martial law — for the first time in South Korea since 1980 — took Yoon’s political opponents and allies alike, as well as the South Korean public and the world ...

After emerging from the 1950-53 war with North Korea ... on the economy amid the political changes of the 1980s and 1990s. The Asian financial crisis of 1997-98 hit South Korea’s companies ...

This crisis was touched off on Dec. 3 when Yoon formally declared, and attempted to impose, martial law amid political ...

South Korea’s political turmoil is deepening since its martial law debacle, and analysts say China may have an opportunity to increase its leverage over the country. The current political chaos ...