Breaking: Yoon Ends 12-Hour Special Counsel Grilling on Martial-Law Plot

Breaking: Yoon Ends 12-Hour Special Counsel Grilling on Martial-Law Plot

SEOUL, June 28 (2025) — Former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol spent twelve hours inside the Seoul High Prosecutors Office on Saturday, answering — and at times refusing to answer — questions from a 200-member special counsel team probing his aborted December 3 martial-law declaration.

Key Numbers

• Interrogation length: 12 h 40 m
• Alleged troop mobilisation: 20,000 soldiers & 200 armoured vehicles
• Poll: 58 % support investigation (Hani Research, June 25)

What’s at Stake?

The probe could make Yoon the first Korean ex-president to face insurrection charges. Supporters decry “political retribution,” while civic groups insist the plot “threatened constitutional order.” A decision on a second arrest warrant is expected by mid-July.

윤석열 전 대통령은 6월 28일 특검 사무실에서 12시간 넘게 조사를 받았으며, 계엄령 초안 작성·군 배치 계획을 전면 부인했습니다.