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South Korea’s prosecutors indict impeached President Yoon for insurrection

South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeo [File: Kim Hong-Ji/Pool/Reuters]

South Korea’s prosecutors have indicted impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of leading an insurrection with his shortlived imposition of martial law on December 3, the Yonhap news agency reports.

In a statement, prosecutors said they had “indicted Yoon Suk Yeol with detention today on charges of being the ringleader of an insurrection”.

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