South Korea’s prosecutors have said that the suspended president, Yoon Suk Yeol, authorized the military to use weapons if necessary to enter parliament during his failed bid to impose martial law. The 10-page summary of the prosecution indictment report for former defense minister Kim Yong-hyun also disclosed that Yoon vowed on December 3 to

The lawyers for a former South Korean defence minister under investigation on insurrection charges said on Thursday a short-lived martial law decree imposed earlier this month was to raise alarm on opposition parties' abuse of the democratic process.

South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol again declined to appear for questioning by investigators over his martial law declaration as the embattled leader seeks to first defend himself at an impeachment trial.