Yoon was formally stripped of office in April, after being impeached and suspended by lawmakers over his Dec 3 attempt to subvert civilian rule.

Yoon is facing a criminal trial on insurrection charges and was arrested in January after resisting arrest but was released on technical grounds.

Less than a month into his new administration, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung has reversed some of his predecessor’s North Korea policies, a sign of more changes to come for two countries technically still at war,