Since the declaration of martial law on Dec. 3, we have seen daily updates on the impeachment trial of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol.
And more recently, there have been efforts to keep Yoon in jail and impose prosecutorial gag orders, allowing him to communicate only with his attorneys. South Korean prosecutors wield power not seen in most democracies, certainly not in Japan. They can act on their own volition with no grand juries or courts who demand credible evidence of probable cause before issuing arrest warranties.
In this case, the prosecutors appointed by the pro-China, pro-North Korea opposition Democratic Party went to the Seoul Central District Court twice to ask for an extension of Yoon's detention and were rejected.
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