Seoul, Sep 21 (NationPress) The impeached President of South Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol, has formally sought bail, emphasizing the necessity to prepare his defense and expressing concerns about his health, as reported by legal sources on Sunday.

This application was submitted on Friday to the Seoul Central District Court, which is currently overseeing the charges against him for obstruction of duties and abuse of authority. A hearing date for the bail request has not yet been established, according to Yonhap News Agency.

Since July, Yoon has been in custody and is facing trial for allegedly leading an insurrection and misusing his authority in relation to a brief declaration of martial law made in December.

On September 20, a special counsel team informed Yoon to appear for questioning the following week regarding allegations related to his unsuccessful martial law attempt.

Special counsel Cho Eun-suk's team announced that Yoon is required to attend questioning at the Seoul High Prosecutors' Office on Wednesday.

The inquiry will focus on whether Yoon incited foreign aggression by ordering a drone dispatch to Pyongyang in October, prior to his short-lived martial law declaration in December.

This questioning marks the first attempt by investigators to address allegations of foreign aggression incitement against him.

The team suspects that Yoon issued direct orders to the Drone Operations Command to send drones to Pyongyang, intending to provoke military responses from North Korea and create a justification for martial law.

Former drone command chief Major General Kim Yong-dae, the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Kim Myung-soo, and JCS operations chief Lt. Gen. Lee Seung-oh have already been interrogated regarding these allegations.

These commanders have denied any connection between the drone operations and Yoon's martial law, asserting that their actions were purely responses to North Korea's balloon campaigns against the South.

However, it remains uncertain whether Yoon will comply, as he has declined to cooperate with the special counsel's investigation and has not attended his insurrection trial since July.

The team also intends to question former Defence Minister Kim Yong-hyun, who is currently detained at the Seoul Eastern Detention Centre on insurrection charges, officials confirmed.