South Korean Court Issues Arrest Warrant Against Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol Over Martial Law Attempt

In the midst of heightened tensions with their neighbors to the North of the peninsula, South Korea is going through a phase of instability, with a short-lived Martial law being imposed, and not one, but two Presidents impeached by Parliament.

Now, to cap it off, a Seoul court has issued an arrest warrant against South Korea’s suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed martial law stunt back on 3 December.

BBC reported:

“The warrant comes after Yoon, who is facing several investigations on insurrection and treason charges, ignored three summonses to appear for questioning over the past two weeks.

On Sunday night, investigators sought an arrest warrant for Yoon on charges of insurrection and abuse of power – a move that his lawyer described as ‘illegal’.”

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