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Ex-Prosecutor General Indicted over Alleged Martial Law Involvement

Summary by The Korea Times
A special counsel team on Thursday indicted former Prosecutor General Shim Woo-jung without detention over his alleged involvement in former President Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law bid in 2024. The team, led by special counsel Kwon Chang-young, said Shim was indicted without physical detention on charges of playing a key role in the botched martial law bid and abusing his authority in the process. Shim is accused of reviewing the dispatch of prose…

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The second comprehensive special counsel has indicted former Prosecutor General Shim Woo-jung without detention on charges of insurrection and abuse of power. Former Prosecutor General Shim is suspected of ordering the drafting of documents regarding investigation response during the martial law period and is also under investigation for allegedly covering up a past investigation into stock manipulation allegations involving First Lady Kim Kun-h…

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조선일보 broke the news on Thursday, August 20, 2026.
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