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Yoon Suk Yeol

Arcs in the news about Yoon Suk Yeol from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Person · 77 stories · 1,043 articles · earliest story we hold Nov 9, 2023

Right nowactive arcs, newest development first

Nothing ongoing. The last arc went quiet Jul 9.

All arcs1 named arc in 2026

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Gone quiet · 1

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South Korea's martial law crisis and President Yoon's impeachment and trial

7 of 41 stories this year · gone quiet

South Korean Court Sentences Yoon to 5 Years in Prison on Charges Related to Martial Law Decree · 20 articles, Jan 13South Korean prosecutors demand death penalty for former president Yoon Suk Yeol · 6 articles, Jan 13Former South Korean premier is sentenced to 23 years in jail in case related to martial law · 6 articles, Jan 21Former South Korean president sentenced to life for attempted insurrection · 40 articles, Feb 19South Korean court sentences ex-President Yoon to 7 years in prison · 5 articles, Apr 29Former South Korea president Yoon Suk Yeol sentenced to 30 years in prison for sending drones over Pyongyang · 7 articles, Jun 12South Korea's Supreme Court upholds prison sentence for Yoon in first martial law case · 10 articles, Jul 9

Coverage over timeindependent sources per week, by side, every year we hold

202320 articles2024993 articles2025541 articles2026111 articles

Earlier years are still being indexed.

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Feb 12, 202412310
Mar 4, 20240127
Apr 1, 202425123
Apr 8, 202469448
May 6, 20241217
May 20, 202425320
May 27, 202416112
Jun 24, 202458337
Jul 15, 20241105
Jul 22, 202426320
Sep 30, 20241228
Nov 4, 20240216
Nov 11, 202422310
Dec 2, 2024235515287
Dec 9, 202416399185
Dec 16, 202409223
Dec 23, 2024512558
Dec 30, 202410237113
Jan 6, 202539225
Jan 13, 202513307126
Jan 20, 2025710339
Jan 27, 202503310
Feb 24, 20250304
Mar 3, 2025512340
Mar 24, 202547328
Mar 31, 2025614649
Apr 7, 202516212
Apr 28, 202535119
May 26, 20250308
Jun 2, 2025815445
Jul 7, 20250207
Jul 14, 20251214
Aug 11, 202513013
Aug 25, 202513111
Sep 22, 202503010
Nov 10, 20250203
Jan 12, 202644419
Jan 19, 20261124
Jan 26, 20262114
Feb 16, 202659437
Apr 27, 20262115
Jun 8, 20261226
Jul 6, 20260309
Aug 31, 20262318

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else2 stories in 2026 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories that name Yoon Suk Yeol

  1. Aug 31– Sep 1South Korea's Unification Church leader Hak Ja Han sentenced to 2 years for corruption9 articles · 7 independent sources
    2 left, 3 center, 1 right
  2. Jan 28South Korea: Former first lady sentenced to jail for bribery8 articles · 7 independent sources
    2 left, 1 center, 1 right
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