Shortly before the second impeachment vote of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, the chairman of the ruling party has said he's in favour of removing Yoon - a change from his previous position. But there are no signs that the president is willing to go quietly.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol defended his martial law decree as an act of governance and denied rebellion charges, vowing Thursday to “fight to the end” in response to attempts to impeach him and intensifying investigations into last week’s dramatic move.

North Korean state media KCNA on Wednesday reported for the first time on South Korea's ongoing political turmoil since President Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law attempt. Last week's shocking martial law order triggered concerns about a power vacuum and plunged Asia's fourth-largest economy and a key U.