South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks during the Third Summit for Democracy in Seoul on March 18, 2024.  Photo by KIM Min-Hee / POOL / AFP
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S. Korean President Yoon banned from overseas travel

Agence France-Presse

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.