Yoon Suk Yeol
President of South Korea since 2022
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| 2025 | Yoon Suk Yeol's pet count increased to six dogs and five cats. |
| April 14 2025 | Yoon Suk Yeol's trial for insurrection charges is scheduled to begin. If convicted, he potentially faces the death penalty or life imprisonment, though South Korea has maintained a moratorium on executions since 1997. |
| April 11 2025 | Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife vacated the official presidential residence and moved back to their personal accommodation in Gangnam, Seoul, a week after his removal from office. |
| April 4 2025 | Constitutional Court unanimously upheld Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment, formally removing him from office and making him the shortest-serving president in South Korea's democratic history. The Court cited multiple constitutional violations during his declaration of martial law. |
| April 4 2025 | Constitutional Court of Korea unanimously upheld his impeachment, officially terminating his presidency. |
| April 4 2025 | Yoon Suk Yeol is removed from office by the Constitutional Court after impeachment trial |
| April 1 2025 | The South Korean Constitutional Court announced a ruling on Yoon's impeachment would be made on April 4, 2025 at 11 am local time. |
| March 8 2025 | Yoon was released from detention following the cancellation of his arrest warrant. |
| March 7 2025 | The court canceled Yoon's arrest warrant due to procedural flaws. |
| February 25 2025 | Yoon issued an apology on the last day of the impeachment trial, continuing to defend his actions. The trial concluded after 11 hearings over 73 days, with 16 witnesses testifying. |
| January 26 2025 | Yoon was indicted on charges of being the 'ringleader of an insurrection'. |
| January 21 2025 | Yoon attended impeachment proceedings for the first time, denying that he ordered soldiers to interfere with the National Assembly's proceedings regarding the martial law declaration. |
| January 17 2025 | Yoon's criminal defense team petitioned the Seoul Central District Court for a habeas corpus review. |
| January 2025 | Became the first sitting South Korean president to be arrested and incarcerated, facing investigation for heading an insurrection. |
| January 15 2025 | Became the first sitting president to be arrested and incarcerated, currently under investigation for potentially heading an insurrection. |
| January 15 2025 | Yoon Suk Yeol arrested following his impeachment |
| January 15 2025 | Yoon was detained by the police and the CIO, becoming the first sitting South Korean president to be detained. |
| January 15 2025 | Became the first sitting president to be arrested and incarcerated at Seoul Detention Center. |
| January 14 2025 | Impeachment proceedings were temporarily suspended after Yoon failed to attend the Constitutional Court session. Subsequent hearings were scheduled for 16 January, 21 January, 23 January, and 4 February 2025. |
| January 7 2025 | The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials began investigating Yoon for alleged treason, related to a potential attempt to manufacture a conflict with North Korea by launching a drone from Baengnyeongdo. |
| January 7 2025 | The Seoul Western District Court extended the arrest warrant after its initial expiration on January 6. |
| January 3 2025 | Authorities attempted to carry out the arrest warrant at the presidential compound but were blocked by the Presidential Security Service. |
| January 1 2025 | Yoon released a statement to his supporters pledging to 'fight alongside you to the very end to protect this nation'. |
| 2024 | During Yoon's presidency, a law was passed outlawing the trade and consumption of dog meat in South Korea. |
| 2024 | Accused of covering up the deaths of two South Korean soldiers by blocking investigative bills and protecting senior military officials. |
| 2024 | Yoon's party (PPP) suffered a major defeat in parliamentary elections, winning only 108 seats (36% of the National Assembly), while the opposition DPK won 175 seats. This significant loss weakened Yoon's political position and led to his being potentially labeled a 'lame duck' president. |
| 2024 | The Swedish V-Dem Institute reported South Korea's decline in liberal democracy index under Yoon's administration, comparing him to Donald Trump. |
| 2024 | Planned to invite African leaders to a special summit in South Korea, with the intention of upgrading the existing Korea-Africa Forum from ministerial to head of state level, and to accelerate negotiations for a South Korea-Africa Free Trade Agreement (FTA). |
| 2024 | Yoon administration announced a 15% reduction in South Korea's research and development (R&D) budget, sparking significant controversy among researchers and raising concerns about the country's technological competitiveness. |
| 2024 | Yoon's administration appoints New Right-affiliated members as director and chairman of the Independence Hall of Korea, sparking controversy from the Korea Liberation Association. |
| 2024 | During a graduation ceremony at KAIST, a student protested the R&D budget cut while President Yoon Suk Yeol was delivering a speech, and was immediately restrained by bodyguards disguised as students. |
| December 31 2024 | Became the first President in South Korean history to face an arrest warrant. |
| December 29 2024 | Yoon Suk Yeol was summoned a third time by the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials for questioning, which he again refused to attend. |
| December 29 2024 | Yoon was summoned a third time by the CIO for questioning and continued to refuse attendance. |
| December 28 2024 | Choi Sang-mok becomes Acting Prime Minister and Acting President after Yoon and Han's suspensions |
| December 27 2024 | Han Duck-soo becomes acting president following Yoon's suspension, until his own impeachment on 24 March 2025 |
| December 27 2024 | Prime Minister Han Duck-soo also impeached, creating a leadership crisis |
| December 25 2024 | Yoon Suk Yeol was summoned a second time by the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials for questioning. |
| December 25 2024 | Yoon was summoned a second time by the CIO for questioning, which he again refused to attend. |
| December 18 2024 | Yoon Suk Yeol was first summoned by the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials for questioning regarding his declaration of martial law. |
| December 14 2024 | President Yoon Suk Yeol is suspended from office through impeachment. |
| December 14 2024 | Successfully impeached by the National Assembly, with 204 votes in favor, including 12 members of his own party. |
| December 12 2024 | Yoon issues a defiant statement vowing to 'fight to the end', resisting resignation calls and defending his martial law declaration as a legitimate 'act of governance'. |
| December 11 2024 | South Korean police attempted to search Yoon's office as part of the investigation into his martial law declaration, but were blocked by the presidential security service due to a failure to reach an agreement. |
| December 10 2024 | A week after the previous poll, Gallup finds Yoon's approval rating has dropped further to 11%. |
| December 9 2024 | The Ministry of Justice legally barred Yoon from traveling abroad. |
| December 8 2024 | PPP leader Han Dong-hoon suggests Yoon may resign as early as February 2025, with the party proposing he leave office in February or March and hold elections in April or May. |
| December 8 2024 | Minister of the Interior and Safety Lee Sang-min resigns after impeachment motion |
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