South Korean investigators on Thursday requested a court warrant to arrest the wife of jailed former President Yoon Suk Yeol, a day after questioning her over suspicions including bribery, stock manipulation,

The investigation is one of three separate probes launched under Seoul’s new liberal government targeting the presidency of Yoon.

The extent to which the Yoon administration allowed spiritual figures and religious outfits to meddle in national affairs is coming to light.

South Korea's jailed ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol again refused to attend questioning by investigators Friday, using a new method to resist: He took off his prison uniform and lay down on the floor at his detention room.

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol is being held in solitary confinement under conditions that have prompted concern from his legal adviser.

South Korea's former first lady Kim Keon Hee apologised on Wednesday and called herself "a nobody" as she appeared for questioning by investigators on a string of corruption charges that plagued her husband's term before it ended abruptly.

The ex-president's legal team accused investigators of acting illegally by trying to forcibly remove him from his cell for questioning Former South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol is framing himself as a victim of political persecution as he continues to defy investigators seeking to question him over his corruption allegations and aborted martial