South Korean President Yoon Indicted on Insurrection Charges
- Yoon is first sitting president to be charged while in office
- President’s lawyers denounce martial law probe as ‘illegal’
Yoon Suk Yeol at the Constitutional Court in Seoul.
Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/BloombergSouth Korean prosecutors charged President Yoon Suk Yeol for his failed attempt last month to place the country under martial law, forcing the impeached leader to remain in detention as they build a case against him.
Yoon was indicted on charges of insurrection on Sunday, South Korea’s Yonhap News reported, citing the prosecutors’ office. He’s the first sitting president to be charged while in office, and can be detained for as long as six months while his case is reviewed.