South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol is expected to be indicted on charges of inciting insurrection within the next 20 days. Prosecutors have already brought charges against nine key individuals connected to the martial law case,
South Korean police detained impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol at his residence in Seoul on Wednesday local time, ABC News confirmed.
South Korea's opposition Democratic Party said Wednesday that the arrest of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was the beginning of restoring order to the country after weeks of political turmoil.
The investigators probing South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol over charges of insurrection saught to extend his detention on Friday as the leader refused to cooperate with questioning.
South Korean investigators probing President Yoon Suk Yeol for alleged insurrection asked a Seoul court on Friday to extend his detention as the embattled leader again refused to be questioned.
South Korea's arrested President Yoon Suk Yeol failed to attend a second day of questioning by investigators on Thursday, further stonewalling a criminal probe into whether he committed insurrection with his martial law bid.
A South Korean court extended President Yoon Suk Yeol’s detention for 20 days, igniting violent protests from his supporters. Yoon, arrested for insurrection after a failed martial law declaration, faces a tumultuous political landscape as his party’s support rebounds amid ongoing turmoil.
Yoon’s detention, after a tense standoff outside the presidential residence, marks the latest chapter in a bewildering series of events since his martial law decree.
Yoon Suk Yeol was taken to a detention center after being questioned by law enforcement officials over his imposition of martial law last month
South Korean police detained impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol at his residence in Seoul on Wednesday local time, ABC News confirmed.
Over 3,000 police came to bring in Yoon for questioning after a much smaller initial attempt was blocked by presidential security.