SEOUL: South Korean investigators recommended on Thursday (Jan 23) that impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol be charged with insurrection and abuse of power, as they handed over the results of their probe into his ill-fated declaration of martial law to prosecutors.

South Korean investigators asked prosecutors to indict the country’s detained President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived imposition of martial law last month, as it accused him of rebellion, abuse of power and obstruction of parliament.

South Korea's anti-corruption officials on Thursday requested that prosecutors indict impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol for insurrection and abuse of power for his short-lived martial law declaration.

The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials and police are jointly investigating whether Yoon’s brief martial law declaration on Dec. 3 amounted to an attempted rebellion.

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, impeached and detained, refuses to cooperate with an investigation into potential insurrection charges. His arrest has sparked violent protests among his supporters,

South Korean investigators recommended today that impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol be charged with insurrection and abuse of power, as they handed over

It is ironic that the very individual who undermined the legitimacy of a conservative government has now become a president representing a conservative party. The procedural irregularities that once shielded Yoon are now coming back to haunt him.

Yoon attends hearing of impeachment trial President Yoon Suk Yeol attends the fourth hearing of his impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court in Seoul on Jan. 23, 2025, over his short-lived imposition of martial law in December.

President Yoon Suk Yeol, a former prosecutor, used to put people in jail. Now, after his formal arrest, he himself is in a cell, alone.

South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol was formally arrested early on Sunday, days after being apprehended at his presidential compound in Seoul.

Yoon Suk Yeol this week became South Korea’s first sitting president to be detained. The Seoul Detention Center is a far cry from his official residence.