SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean prosecutors on Sunday indicted impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on rebellion in connection with his short-lived imposition of martial law, a criminal charge that could incur the death penalty or life imprisonment if convicted.

South Korean prosecutors have indicted impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on rebellion in connection with his short-lived imposition of martial law.

South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has been indicted by prosecutors and now is facing charges of ‘'being a ringleader of insurrection" after he declared martial law last month.