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Special Counsel Indicts Yoon Suk Yeol and 11 Ex-Officials Over Alleged Interference in Marine Death Probe

The case focuses on claims that he directed aides to override the Marines’ findings to spare senior commanders.

This file photo taken July 31, 2025, shows containers waiting to be shipped at a port in the southeastern city of Busan. (Yonhap)
This file photo provided by Samsung Electronics Co. on Nov. 21, 2025, shows Vice Chairman and CEO Jun Young-hyun (L) and President and CEO Roh Tae-moon. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
This composite file photo shows former President Yoon Suk Yeol (C), former spy chief Cho Tae-yong (L) and former Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup. (Yonhap)
This undated file photo shows former President Yoon Suk Yeol (L) and former Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup. (Yonhap)

Overview

  • Prosecutors charged Yoon with abuse of authority and tampering with official documents 142 days after the special probe began.
  • Yoon was indicted without additional detention in this case, though he remains jailed over a separate martial-law prosecution.
  • Those charged include former spy chief Cho Tae-yong and former Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup, who prosecutors say acted on Yoon’s instructions.
  • Marine Cpl. Chae Su-geun drowned on July 19, 2023 during a flood search, and a military probe identified eight suspects, including ex-1st Division commander Lim Seong-geun, for alleged occupational negligence.
  • The special counsel says Lee halted a police referral after Yoon reacted angrily and that Col. Park Jung-hoon was dismissed after defying that order; Yoon denies the allegations.