Right-wing YouTube​rs helped President Yoon Suk Yeol​ win his election. They are now his allies in the wake of his botched imposition of martial law.

US flags, “Stop the Steal,” and the Virginia state motto are finding a home in a political battle halfway around the world from Washington, as supporters and critics of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol invoke familiar American political symbols of freedom and defiance.

The impeached president faces an attempt by authorities to arrest him over his short-lived Dec. 3 martial law.

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has defended his failed martial law bid by rehashing baseless claims of voter fraud, which has triggered a fresh wave of misinformation online targeting the National Election Commission (NEC).

A report by prosecutors said the country's then-prime minister, foreign minister and finance minister all expressed reservations the night of the decision.

The police are investigating whether President Yoon Suk Yeol tried to lead an insurrection when he declared martial law and plunged the country into crisis.

South Korean law enforcement officials have requested a court warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol as they investigate whether his short-lived martial law decree this month amounted to rebellion.

Misinformation continued to surge online in South Korea following President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment over his botched attempt to impose martial law in December 2024. In the latest example, social media posts shared pictures they falsely claimed showed billionaire Elon Musk meeting with Yoon to convey the support of US President-elect Donald Trump .

It was unclear when and how police could make the arrest and whether the presidential security service, which has blocked access by investigators with a search warrant to Yoon's office and official residence,

According to North Korean state media, South Korea’s state has been “paralyzed,” with the country experiencing “spiraling socio-political confusion.” These comments from Pyongyang followed a prolonged political crisis in South Korea triggered by the Dec. 3 declaration of martial law and the subsequent impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday opened a visit to crisis-riven South Korea, where he will seek delicately to encourage continuity with the policies, but not tactics, of the impeached president.