South Korean investigators asked prosecutors to indict detained President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived imposition of martial law last month, which the country's ousted defence minister testified that he wanted a broader military deployment than Yoon.

A former South Korean defence minister charged with insurrection for his role in a short-lived martial law attempt told a court on Thursday that he wanted a broader military deployment but was overruled by President Yoon Suk Yeol.

The legal representative for former defense minister Kim Yong-hyun, who is on trial accused of taking part in an insurrection led by President Yoon Suk Yeol, denied the president's claim that he made a mistake in copying down the orders for the emergency martial law declared on Dec.