Former prime minister and the wife of ex-president Yoon Suk-yeol both indicted on separate charges on the same day.
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South Korean prosecutors in separate cases have indicted former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo for aiding and abetting former President Yoon Suk-yeol’s short-lived imposition of martial law last year, and the ex-president’s wife, Kim Keon-hee, for bribery and other charges.
The charges were laid against Han, 76, on Friday, according to South Korea’s Yonhap news agency. Additional charges include perjury and falsifying official documents.
Han had been under investigation by a team of special prosecutors for several weeks, according to media reports.
