South Korea imposes travel ban on president over martial law declaration

SEOUL, South Korea — The South Korean government Monday ordered an overseas travel ban on President Yoon Suk Yeol as he faces investigation on possible rebellion charges over a short-lived martial law declaration that plunged the key U.S. ally into chaos last week.

Opposition lawmakers continue to pursue impeachment for Yoon, 63, who stunned the East Asian democracy Tuesday when he declared emergency martial law, accusing the opposition-controlled parliament of paralyzing the government and sympathizing with communist North Korea, with whom South Korea technically remains at war. The martial law order banned all political activity and censored the news media.

Lawmakers rushed to the National Assembly in central Seoul, pushing past…