South Korea reveals 'shocking' information in Mr. Yoon's martial law decision

According to a 10-page summary of the indictment report on the prosecution of former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun provided to the media, Mr. Yoon pledged to declare martial law three times if necessary on December 3.

Mr. Yoon, who was stripped of his executive powers by the National Assembly this month, is being investigated for his brief attempt to abolish civilian power, a move that plunged the country into political chaos and led to his impeachment. Mr. Yoon’s lawyer, Yoon Kab-keun, dismissed the prosecutors’ report as “a one-sided account that does not conform to objective circumstances or common sense.”

Mr Yoon is also said to have told the head of the Defense Counterintelligence Command, General Kwak Jong-keun, to "quickly go inside" the National Assembly because the quorum needed to lift martial law was not yet there. The report quoted Mr Yoon as saying at the time: "So quickly go into the National Assembly and take out the people in the meeting room, if necessary, use an axe to break down the door and drag everyone out."

Immediately after the report was released, opposition Democratic Party lawmaker Kang Sun-woo said that "the prosecutor has exposed the undeniable ugly truth about Yoon Suk Yeol, the mastermind of treason", and urged him to be "arrested immediately"./.