Prosecutors on Thursday indicted former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of abuse of power during his short-lived December declaration of martial law, Seoul-based Yonhap News reported. The indictment is in addition to an ongoing trial on insurrection charges, brought against Yoon over his botched martial law bid on Dec. 3.

Lee Jae-myung, the liberal South Korean politician favoured to become the country's next leader, has overcome a knife attack, martial law and criminal charges on his unexpected path back toward the presidency.

South Korean prosecutors have indicted former President Yoon Suk-yeol for abuse of authority without arrest, the country’s news agency Yonhap said.