Ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol, re-arrested over trying to impose martial law, skips trial citing health reasons. Facing life imprisonment if convicted, Yoon's new charges add to South Korea's political turmoil under the new president's special investigations.

SEOUL: The Seoul Detention Center, where former president Yoon Suk Yeol is currently detained, has been overwhelmed by calls from his supporters demanding the installation of air-conditioning for Yoon,

SEOUL, July 11 (Yonhap) -- A special counsel team on Friday began to carry out a warrant to search the home of former President Yoon Suk Yeol as part of their investigation into alleged interference of an initial probe into the 2023 death of a Marine conscript.

Former South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol returned to a solitary jail cell on Thursday after a court approved a warrant sought by prosecutors