Ex-South Korea President Yoon tried to provoke Pyongyang into armed aggression, prosecutor says

South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks to his lawyers as he attends the fourth hearing of his impeachment trial over his short-lived imposition of martial law at the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, 23 January 2025. JEON HEON-KYUN/Pool via REUTERS

SEOUL, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol tried to provoke North Korea into mounting an armed aggression to justify his December 2024 martial law declaration and 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, on insurrection charges following a six-month investigation.