North Korea's state media on Friday reported on President Yoon Suk Yeol's detention for an investigation into his short-lived imposition of martial law and the accelerating impeachment trial against him.

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) met over two days this week and reported on its achievements during 2024 but state media made no mention of anticipated changes to the constitution that would further cement its hostile policy towards South Korea.

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.

North Korea’s state media on Friday reported on impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol’s detention by the South’s anti-corruption agency over his botched Dec. 3 martial law imposition. "The international community is shining a spotlight on the chaotic situation in puppet South Korea by publishing breaking news on puppet Yoon Suk Yeol's detention as a sitting president for the first time and his transfer to investigative authorities,

The danger of violence begins with the security service defending the president — and extends to firebrands confronting one another.

The impeached president is using unsubstantiated claims of election interference by China and North Korea to justify his failed self-coup bid.

After a weeks-long game of hide and seek, South Korea's president Yoon Suk Yeol has finally emerged from the shadows. The saga has exposed the nation's political division.

Yoon’s detention, after a tense standoff outside the presidential residence, marks the latest chapter in a bewildering series of events since his martial law decree.

The agency leading criminal investigations into impeached former-leader Yoon Suk Yeol have recommended he be formally charged with insurrection and abuse of power. View on euronews

The arrest of President Yoon Suk Yeol underscores deep-rooted tensions in South Korea’s political landscape, where democratic progress continues to clash with lingering authoritarian attitudes. This turmoil reflects unresolved historical divides and the enduring polarisation of its societ.

Kim Yong-hyun, who resigned after the Dec. 3 martial law and is now jailed, testified before the nation's Constitutional Court, which is deciding whether to reinstate or fully remove Yoon from power after he was impeached on Dec. 14.