Prosecutor Opens Investigation Of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol Due To Military Emergency Status

JAKARTA - South Korean prosecutors opened an investigation into President Yoon Suk Yeol, interior minister, and former defense minister for their role in efforts to impose martial law.

Reported by Reuters from Yonhap, Thursday, December 5, Kim Yong-hyun, who resigned as South Korean defense minister was also barred from traveling when prosecutors conducted an investigation. The other two are not subject to the ban.

Citing an unnamed specific threat from "anti-state forces" and hindering political opponents, Yoon imposed a military emergency for about six hours before turning around after parliament decided to oppose the measure.

Yoon now faces impeachment on Saturday this week which is voting.