S. Korea's ex-president indicted for power abuse

SEOUL — Former South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol was indicted for abuse of power on Saturday over his ill-fated imposition of martial law last year, as investigators widened an insurrection probe.

Yoon plunged South Korea into a political crisis when he sought to subvert civilian rule on Dec 3, sending troops to parliament in a bid to prevent lawmakers voting down his martial law declaration.

He became the country's first sitting president to be taken into custody when he was detained in January after resisting arrest for weeks, using his Presidential Security Service to thwart investigators.