South Korea's Justice Ministry said Monday it imposed a travel ban on President Yoon Suk Yeol as police investigate him for insurrection over his controversial declaration of martial law.

At a parliamentary hearing, a lawmaker asked whether Yoon, who is accused of leading an insurrection by declaring martial law on Tuesday, had been banned from leaving the country. "Yes, that's right," Bae Sang-up, an immigration services commissioner at the Ministry of Justice, responded.