Members of the Rebuilding Korea Party submit a request for an investigation of President Yoon Suk-yeol and state councilors' alleged involvement in civil unrest crimes on December 5, 2024. [Photo: VCG]
South Korean prosecutors have opened an investigation into President Yoon Suk Yeol over this week's declaration of martial law.
The investigation also includes the country's interior minister and former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun.
Kim, who resigned following the incident, is currently under a travel ban.
The six-hour martial law was reversed after parliamentary opposition.
The main opposition Democratic Party has scheduled an impeachment vote against President Yoon for Saturday.