South Korean president fails to appear before corruption watchdog

Yoon Suk Yeol was summoned for questioning over attempt to impose martial law earlier this month

South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, failed to appear before the country’s corruption watchdog on Wednesday, it said, after he was summoned for questioning over his attempt to impose martial law.

Yoon was stripped of his duties by parliament over the weekend following his short-lived 3 December martial law declaration, which plunged the country into its worst political turmoil in decades.