National Assembly approves special counsel for presidential probe The National Assembly in Seoul passes a bill on Dec. 10, 2024, to introduce a permanent special counsel for investigating treason charges against President Yoon Suk Yeol.

The National Assembly passed a bill on Tuesday mandating the appointment of a permanent special counsel to investigate treason charges against President Yoon Suk Yeol and others for imposing martial law last week.

South Korean lawmakers passed a bill on Tuesday to appoint a special counsel to investigate President Yoon Suk Yeol's botched attempt to impose martial law. (Reporting by Ju-min Park; Editing by Tom Hogue) Copyright 2024 Thomson Reuters.

The National Assembly passed a bill, Tuesday, to mandate the appointment of a permanent special counsel to investigate treason charges against President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived martial law imposition last week.

Ruling party leader Han Dong-hoon suggested Tuesday that his party push for its own bill calling for a special counsel to investigate whether President Yoon Suk Yeol committed insurrection and other violations during his short-lived declaration of martial law last week.