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.