The agency leading criminal investigations into impeached former-leader Yoon Suk Yeol have recommended he be formally charged with insurrection and abuse of power. View on euronews

Yoon, impeached and suspended from office on December 14, has been in custody since last week as investigators examine his controversial attempt to impose martial law—a decision swiftly overturned by parliament.

A South Korean court on Friday rejected the prosecutors' office request to extend the detention of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over a criminal investigation into his short-lived martial law on Dec.