South Korean president impeached and suspended from duties

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has rebuffed investigators, who are seeking answers over his failed bid to declare martial law, as the country’s Constitutional Court begins a parallel process of deciding whether he should be removed from office.

Prosecutors planned to issue another summons on Monday.

South Korean politics is likely to be confrontational and chaotic for the foreseeable future after the country's Constitutional Court on Monday held its first meeting on the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol.

Members of parliament in Seoul voted to impeach the president on Saturday after he imposed a short-live martial law order that thrust the country into political chaos.