Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was indicted for insurrection on Sunday, an unprecedented development in weeks of political and legal crisis since his short-lived martial law attempt stunned the nation.

President Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea's first leader to face indictment, has plunged the nation into political turmoil. Facing rebellion charges alongside his detained defense team, Yoon's martial law decree has split the populace.

South Korea’s impeached president has denied that he ordered the military to drag lawmakers out of the National Assembly to prevent them from voting to reject his martial law decree last month, as he appeared for the first time before the Constitutional Court that will determine his fate.