Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on December 15, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 20, 2026
Ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol is accused of provoking North Korea to justify martial law, with 24 people indicted on insurrection charges.
SEOUL, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol tried to provoke North Korea into mounting a military aggression to create justification for the December 2024 martial law declaration and to eliminate political opponents, a special prosecutor said on Monday.
The special prosecutor, Cho Eun-seok, told a briefing his team had indicted 24 people, including Yoon and five cabinet members, for their alleged involvement during his six-month investigation on insurrection charges.
(Reporting by Heejin Kim, Jack KimEditing by Ed Davies)
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