Yonhap reported on searches at the administration of South Korean President Yun Seok-yol

South Korean police searched the administration of President Yun Seok-yol as well as police agencies. This was reported by the Yonhap news agency on December 11.

Searches are conducted by a special investigation team to investigate activities related to martial law.

According to the agency, during the search, the President of South Korea was not in the administration. The leader of the country for the first time in the history of the republic was banned from leaving the state in the case of attempted rebellion to overthrow the constitutional order. South Korean law allows for the criminal prosecution of the president in the case of charges of sedition and treason.

Coup d'état: South Korea has imposed and lifted martial law

Military vehicles have appeared on the streets of Seoul

Earlier on December 9, South Korean President Yun Seok-yol was barred from leaving the country amid an investigation into his order to temporarily impose martial law.

Earlier in the day, it was also reported that police imposed a travel ban on former South Korean Interior Minister and Minister of Public Administration and Security Lee Sang-min. Former ROK Armed Forces counterintelligence commander Yoo In-hyun and Army Chief of Staff Park Ahn-soo, who was appointed martial law commander, were also banned from leaving the country.

Earlier on Dec. 8, the Korean Newsis agency reported that South Korea's Minister of Internal Affairs and Security Lee Sang-min had resigned. His decision was approved by the country's President Yun Seok-yol. On the same day, South Korea's prosecutor's office assigned Yoon Seok-yol the status of a suspect in the case of rebellion against the state system. The Prosecutor's Office of the Republic has launched an investigation into the statement of opposition MPs about treason of the Korean president.

Before that, on December 7, the National Assembly (Parliament) of the Republic of Korea failed to get the necessary number of votes to impeach the president of the country. To declare impeachment, 200 deputy votes were needed, and only 195 deputies voted.

Yun Seok-yol declared martial law in the country on December 3. He cited the threat of power paralysis caused by attempts to conduct impeachment proceedings as the reason for the move. Commander of the emergency regime, Chief of Staff of the Ground Forces Park Ahn-soo noted that until martial law is lifted in the republic, the activities of the parliament, political parties and associations are prohibited. Military equipment was brought to the streets of Seoul.

The opposition party of the republic, in turn, demanded the resignation of the head of state and said it intended to charge Yoon Seok-yeol with treason. At the same time, all heads and senior secretaries of the presidential administration of South Korea resigned. In addition, the trade unions of the republic announced a general strike.