South Korean investigators have sought an arrest warrant for suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol over this month's short-lived imposition of martial law, an official said on Monday, the first time an incumbent president has faced such action.

Misinformation continued to surge online in South Korea following President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment over his botched attempt to impose martial law in December 2024. In the latest example, social media posts shared pictures they falsely claimed showed billionaire Elon Musk meeting with Yoon to convey the support of US President-elect Donald Trump .

Move ordered after Yoon, facing charges of insurrection, fails to show up for questioning; lawyers for suspended conservative leader claim warrant 'invalid'

South Korea issued an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol following his martial law decree that plummeted crypto prices.

South Korean investigators' request for an arrest and search warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was approved by the court.

In a first for the country, a court issued an arrest warrant for a former president on charges of abuse of authority and orchestrating a rebellion.

A South Korean court issued warrants Tuesday to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol and search his office and residence over allegations of rebellion in connection with his short-lived declaration of martial law.

A South Korean court on Tuesday approved a warrant request from a joint investigation team for the detention of President Yoon Suk Ye

South Korean authorities asked a court to authorize a warrant for the arrest of suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol on insurrection allegations following a short-lived bid to impose martial law at the start of the month.

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.

After two leaders were impeached in as many weeks, a deadly plane crash has prompted South Korea’s feuding political camps to temporarily halt a protracted power struggle.Most Read from BloombergMigrant Crisis Pushed US Homelessness to Record High in 2024In the immediate aftermath of the Jeju Air flight crash on Sunday,