South Korean investigators asked prosecutors to indict the country's detained President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived imposition of martial law last month, as it accused him of rebellion, abuse of power and obstruction of parliament.

The development comes after the country’s anti-corruption agency failed to grill Yoon Suk-yeol over his failed martial law bid.

This was the South Korean authorities' second attempt to arrest Yoon.