S. Korea's Yoon ignored cabinet opposition to martial law: prosecutors

South Korea's suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol ignored the objections of key cabinet ministers before his failed martial law bid last month, according to a prosecutors' report seen by AFP on Sunday.

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(FILES) This handout from the South Korean Presidential Office taken on December 3, 2024 shows South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol delivering a speech to declare martial law in Seoul. South Korean investigators entered the residence of impeached President Yoon and began executing a warrant for his arrest on January 3, 2025 over his failed martial law bid, the first time the country has ever sought to arrest a sitting leader. (Photo by Handout / South Korean Presidential Office / AFP) /

2025-01-05 14:38:24

South Korea's suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol ignored the objections of key cabinet ministers before his failed martial law bid last month, according to a prosecutors' report seen by AFP on Sunday.

Yoon plunged the country into political chaos on December 3 with the bungled martial law declaration and has since holed up in his residence, surrounded by hundreds of security officers resisting arrest efforts.

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