🔍 Searches were done as part of an investigation into Yoon’s failed attempt to impose martial law, the the Yonhap news agency reported.

The South Korean president was not inside the presidential office building during the raid, the report added.

Aside from that, former South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, currently under arrest after last week’s attempt to impose martial law in the country, has attempted suicide, Shin Yong-hae, the head of the correctional center where the minister is held, said on Wednesday.

The center’s staff immediately interfered and prevented the attempt by the ex-minister, the penitentiary official said, adding that Kim is currently under guard and his health does not cause alarm.