Acting President Choi Sang-mok was grilled Thursday at a special parliamentary committee investigating President Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law bid, with opposition lawmakers questioning him about a memo Yoon allegedly gave Choi ordering a budget for an emergency legislative body.

The criminal trials began Thursday for high-ranking officials and former military commanders suspected of playing a part in the alleged insurrection under President Yoon Suk Yeol. The Seoul Central District Court held the first preparatory hearings in the trials of Choi Ji-ho,

South Korea hit another political milestone on Sunday, as impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol became the country’s first sitting president ever to be indicted.