South Korean investigators asked prosecutors to indict detained President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived imposition of martial law last month, which the country's ousted defence minister testified that he wanted a broader military deployment than Yoon.

A former South Korean defence minister charged with insurrection for his role in a short-lived martial law attempt told a court on Thursday that he wanted a broader military deployment but was overruled by President Yoon Suk Yeol.

Investigators handed over President Yoon Suk Yeol’s case to the prosecution, Thursday, after the anticorruption agency repeatedly failed to get the Korean leader to answer

The legal representative for former defense minister Kim Yong-hyun, who is on trial accused of taking part in an insurrection led by President Yoon Suk Yeol, denied the president's claim that he made a mistake in copying down the orders for the emergency martial law declared on Dec.

South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has been formally arrested, days after being apprehended at his presidential compound in Seoul.

South Korean anti-corruption agency asked prosecutors to indict impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on insurrection charges after wrapping up a preliminary investigation into his ill-fated martial law declaration.

The assembly impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol last month, but the Constitutional Court will decide whether to formally dismiss or reinstate him.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday (January 21) made his first appearance at a Constitutional Court hearing of his impeachment trial, where his defense team denied he ordered military commanders to arrest opposition lawmakers during his short-lived bid to impose martial law.