South Korea's former defense minister Kim Yong-hyun is stable after an apparent suicide attempt while in custody. Meanwhile, the office of President Yoon Suk Yeol was raided by investigators over his martial law declaration.
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00:00South Korea's former defense minister reportedly attempted suicide while in detention over
00:05his alleged involvement in last week's brief martial law declaration.
00:10An official said Kim Yong-hyun is in stable health after failing to take his own life
00:15and has been placed in a protective cell. Kim remains detained while prosecutors mull
00:20formal charges. The head of South Korea's national police
00:24was also arrested today, and the presidential office was raided as investigations into the
00:29martial law declaration expand. President Yoon Suk-kyo surprised many by declaring
00:34martial law on December 3rd, only to rescind it six hours later.
00:39Yoon has not been seen in public since Saturday, when he apologized for the declaration. An
00:45attempt to impeach him failed to reach the required two-thirds majority in the country's
00:50parliament.