Overview

• The Central District Court in Seoul approved the second arrest warrant on July 9 over Yoon’s failed December martial law declaration.
• Special counsel Cho Eun Suk accuses Yoon of abusing presidential authority, forging a false martial law decree and obstructing official duties.
• Investigators allege Yoon directed the deletion of secret phones belonging to key figures such as ex-commander Kwak Jong Geun and defense head Lee Jin Woo.
• Yoon is being held at the Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang after a January arrest was annulled in March following his release.
• If convicted of insurrection, Yoon faces up to life imprisonment or the death penalty, while Parliament’s new martial law restrictions remain in force.