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South Korea’s anti-corruption agency has referred the case of suspended president Yoon Suk-yeol to the prosecution. The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials (CIO) said in a statement on January 23, 2025, that it has asked prosecutors to indict Yoon on insurrection charges over his failed martial law bid. After a failed attempt to arrest Yoon on January 3, the CIO succeeded in taking him into custody on January 15 during a dramatic raid of his presidential residence in Seoul. But Yoon has repeatedly thwarted efforts to question him, including when he refused to comply with orders to appear at the Seoul Detention Centre earlier in the week.
