Former president Yoon back behind bars after four months


The plot thickens: A protester wearing a mask of Yoon during a rally in support of a hearing to review a special prosecutor’s request for his arrest, near the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul. The writing reads ‘Yoon Suk-yeol sentenced to death’. — AP

Former president Yoon Suk-yeol was back in a solitary jail cell with basic food and a khaki prison uniform after prosecutors secured a new detention warrant over his bid to impose martial law last year.

The Seoul Central District Court’s decision to approve the warrant bolstered the special counsel investigation into allegations that Yoon’s move in December represented obstruction of justice and abuse of power.

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