South Korea martial law fallout deepens as prosecutors close in on president

Yoon's party says he will not be involved in foreign and other state affairs before resignation

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South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo bows to apologize while standing near ruling People Power Party leader Han Dong-hoon as they release a joint public statement after the impeachment vote against the president failed, at the party's headquarters in Seoul on Dec. 8. © Reuters

SEOUL (Reuters) -- South Korea's leadership crisis deepened on Sunday as prosecutors named President Yoon Suk Yeol as a subject of a criminal investigation over last week's martial law attempt, a media report said, and his former defense minister was arrested.

Yoon survived an impeachment vote in the opposition-led parliament late on Saturday, prompted by his short-lived attempt to impose martial law on Tuesday, but the leader of his own party said the president would effectively be excluded from his duties before eventually stepping down.

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