S. Korea: Yoon released from custody after court accepts request to cancel arrest

Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was released from custody Friday after a court accepted his request to cancel his arrest over his short-lived imposition of martial law, Yonhap reports. 

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Yoon filed the request with the Seoul Central District Court last month, claiming his indictment over the Dec. 3 martial law declaration was illegal.

As written before, Yoon apologized to South Korea over martial law bid at final impeachment hearing.