Kim Yong-hyun, a former defence minister and close confidant to South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, became the first official to be arrested late on Tuesday over Yoon's martial law declaration. Kim attempted to take his own life while in detention,

Former South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, a close confidant of President Yoon Suk Yeol, was arrested for his alleged role in a martial law attempt. Accused of ordering troop deployments to key institutions,

Shin Yong Hae, commissioner general of the Korea Correctional Service, told lawmakers Wednesday that Kim Yong Hyun tried to kill himself the previous night at a detention center in Seoul. He said that