South Korean prosecutors on Sunday indicted impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on rebellion in connection with his short-lived imposition of martial law, a criminal charge that could incur the death penalty or life imprisonment if convicted.

President Yoon Suk Yeol has been in custody since being arrested last week over his brief declaration of martial law in December.

File South Korea's prosecutors indicted impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol on Sunday.Yoon's lawyers confirmed that he faces charges of leading an insurrection, when he briefly imposed martial law in December.