South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol has been taken into custody for the second time.

Former South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol has been taken into custody for the second time since the failed attempt to impose martial law in the republic in 2024. This was reported by the Yonhap news agency on July 10.

"On Thursday, a Seoul court issued an arrest warrant for former President Yoon Seok—young in connection with his failed attempt to impose martial law, detaining him for the second time," the publication says.

Being clarified. that the judge decided to issue the warrant requested by the prosecutor out of concern that the ex-president might try to destroy evidence in his case.

At the same time, Yoon Seok-yel himself attended the meeting with his lawyers and denied all charges.

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The situation in the republic worsened in early December 2024 after the president declared martial law. He cited the threat of paralysis of power due to attempts to carry out impeachment proceedings as the reason. The commander of the emergency regime, Chief of Staff of the Ground Forces Park Ahn-soo noted that until the lifting of martial law in the country, the activities of the parliament of political parties and associations are prohibited.

Yoon Seok-young was arrested for 48 hours on January 15 of this year, during which time the court had to decide on further detention. The Seoul Western District Court on January 19 (January 18, Moscow time) issued a decision to detain the president, after which his supporters staged a pogrom.