SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean prosecutors on Sunday indicted impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on rebellion in connection with his short-lived imposition of martial law, a criminal charge that could incur the death penalty or life imprisonment if convicted.

By bno - Taipei Bureau South Korean prosecutors late on January 26 formally indicted the already impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, describing him as the 'ringleader of an insurrection' following his failed declaration of martial law.

The charges are unprecedented for a South Korean president, and if convicted, Yoon Suk Yeol could face years in prison for his shock martial-law decree, which sought to ban political and parliamentary activity and control the media.