South Korea may consider a plan to increase US food imports to help reduce the trade imbalance between the two countries should it emerge as a point of tension with Donald Trump’s incoming administration,

Investigators say Yoon Suk Yeol abused his power when he tried to impose martial law last month. He would become the first sitting South Korean president to be arrested.

Law enforcement authorities are seeking to formally arrest impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who is spending his third day at a detention center after his lawyers failed in a last-minute

South Korean investigators managed to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday while avoiding a violent clash in the middle of Seoul. But the nation’s troubles are far from over.

As 3,000 riot police swarmed his hillside villa on Wednesday, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol huddled with party loyalists, telling them that people were increasingly realising the country's legal system had been hijacked by leftist forces.

Lawyers for impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol have failed in their court effort to secure his release

South Korea is considering buying more oil and gas from the US to diversify its energy sources and also potentially head off the threat of President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs.