President Yoon Suk Yeol Yoon imposed martial law in the middle of the night earlier this month, plunging South Korea into its worst political crisis in decades.

South Korea’s prosecutors indicted former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun over his involvement in President Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law declaration, Yonhap reports, citing the special investigations unit at the prosecution.

SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea’s opposition-controlled National Assembly voted Friday to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo despite vehement protests by governing party lawmakers, further deepening the country’s political crisis set off by President Yoon Suk Yeol’s stunning imposition of martial law and ensuing impeachment.

Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok became on Friday South Korea's second acting president in two weeks, as lawmakers voted to impeach the current acting leader, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, fuelling political uncertainty in Asia's fourth-largest economy.

The impeachment of South Korea’s acting President Han Duck-soo has plunged the country into further political turmoil, coming less than two weeks after lawmakers impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol