After attempting to impose martial law in December, Yoon Suk Yeol, the impeached president of South Korea, was arrested and convicted with insurrection.
In addition to being the very initial incumbent president in South Korean history to face criminal charges, his disastrous effort to establish military authority caused the nation to experience an unparalleled political crisis. Prosecutors had to decide whether to charge or free Yoon by Monday after a Seoul court denied a request to prolong his custody on Saturday, which prompted the indictment.
For the most part, the ousted president has not cooperated with the criminal inquiry into the proclamation of martial law. Senior military leaders and Yoon's former defense minister are also scheduled to go on trial for allegedly assisting him in organizing and carrying out the effort to take over the entire government.