Yonhap news agency says South Korean prosecutors have indicted the impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his imposition of martial law.

South Korea hit another political milestone on Sunday, as impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol became the country’s first sitting president ever to be indicted.

Prosecutors indicted detained South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Sunday on charges of leading an insurrection with his short-lived imposition of martial law last month.

Supporters of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol stage a rally in Seoul. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.

President Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea's first leader to face indictment, has plunged the nation into political turmoil. Facing rebellion charges alongside his detained defense team, Yoon's martial law decree has split the populace.

Korean-Americans rally in D.C in support of South Korean president, Yoon Suk-yeol. They represent a growing push back against the effort to impeach him for his short-lived martial law declaration.

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 on Thursday.

South Korean prosecutors indicted impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol on Sunday on charges of leading an insurrection, with his short-lived martial law declaration on 3 December.

Prosecutors in South Korea have indicted impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol in connection to insurrection charges. South Korea’s parliament voted to impeach Yoon last month after he briefly

The Constitutional Court is separately deliberating whether to formally dismiss Yoon Suk Yeol as president or reinstate him. Yoon was impeached and suspended by the assembly last month.