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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Top presidential aides offer to quit en masse as South Korea’s political crisis deepens

Senior aides of Yoon Suk Yeol have offered to resign after two new judges were named to a court set to decide the impeached president’s fate.

An arrest warrant has been issued to detain Mr Yoon for questioning over his botched attempt to impose martial law last month after the president ignored multiple summons to answer charges of insurrection and abuse of power.

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