South Korean prosecutors in bid to detain ex-president

Yoon's martial law decree was lifted about six hours after it was announced when lawmakers, who had been forced to scale the walls of the assembly building to make it through a ring of security forces, voted the decree down.

Yoon was summoned on Saturday for hours of questioning by the special counsel as part of the probe over the insurrection charges, according to the counsel officials.

The special prosecutors have not provided credible evidence for the charges sought against Yoon, and his legal team has plans to "explain in court that the request for an arrest warrant is unreasonable", Yoon's lawyers said in a statement on Sunday.