Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s since-impeached president, had been planning for months to impose martial law and target political opponents, according to accounts.

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Investigators from the NTSB and Boeing were expected to join the investigation into South Korea's deadliest air crash.

Some 70 countries that are home to half the world’s population held elections this year, and in many incumbents were punished.

South Korean authorities requested a warrant to apprehend and detain President Yoon Suk Yeol over his declaration of martial law earlier this month.

Authorities in South Korea have requested a court warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, citing an investigation into whether his brief declaration of martial law on December 3 constituted an act of rebellion.

South Korean officials are looking for the cause of a passenger jet crash that killed 179 people, in one of the deadliest disasters in the country’s aviation history.

The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials, which leads a joint investigation with police and military authorities into the power grab that lasted only a few hours, confirmed it requested the warrant on Monday.

Law enforcement authorities in South Korea requested an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol after being impeached two weeks ago for his martial law decree on Dec. 3 that shook the nation. Authorities are investigating whether his actions that day amounted to rebellion.

South Korea's Joint Investigation Team has sought an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol, accusing him of insurrection and abuse of power related to his short-lived martial law declaration on 3 December 2023.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol faces arrest as investigators pursue charges linked to his martial law declaration.