A senior South Korean military commander has testified in court that he was asked how to cut electricity to parliament during last year’s failed martial law attempt by impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol.

President Yoon Suk Yeol’s reaction to a democratic president’s worst political nightmare - impeachment and possible removal from office, pending a trial - couldn’t have been more different from that of his conservative predecessor,

SEOUL (Reuters) - A top South Korean military commander said on Tuesday he trusted President Yoon Suk Yeol to be making a legitimate decision when he declared martial law, but declined to say if the impeached leader gave orders to "drag" lawmakers out of parliament.

The commander of a crack South Korean special forces unit told a court Thursday he had been asked by a superior officer how to cut electricity to parliament during last

Yonhap news agency says South Korean prosecutors have indicted the impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his imposition of martial law.

A former head of the Defense Counterintelligence Command, indicted in connection with President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived martial law declaration, said Tuesday that he repeatedly expressed his opposition to the scheme to Yoon,