As the fallout from Yoon Suk-yeol’s martial law continues, the discovery of a plot to provoke North Korean aggression has reinforced concerns about the now-suspended South Korean president’s apparent willingness to trigger conflict with a nuclear-armed neighbor as a pretext to seize domestic control.

Authorities are investigating former ROK Defense Intelligence Command chief Noh Sang-won over the allegations, following the discovery of handwritten notes about a plan to induce North Korean attacks at the Northern Limit Line (NLL), the maritime boundary between the two Koreas.

South Korea’s main opposition Democratic Party (DP) has calledfor an investigation into Yoon and