According to the Korea Forest Service, a total of 47,860 hectares (118,265 acres) have burned so far, making this the largest wildfire event in South Korea’s history, surpassing the 2000 fire ...

Students in South Korea capital of Seoul use shield to defy attempts to disperse them with fire hoses on April 19, 1960. Students were protesting manner in which recent election was managed.

Yoon's order on Tuesday was not the first time martial law has been declared in the country's nearly 80-year history. Since its founding in 1948, South Korea has seen numerous political clashes in ...

History of martial law in South Korea August 15, 1948. The Republic of Korea, as South Korea is known officially, was founded in 1948 after the Korean Peninsula was divided into South and North Korea.