Han Duck-soo was impeached by parliament as acting President and Prime Minister in December over alleged obstruction of the trial that would formally remove Yoon from office for his martial law decree. On Thursday he appeared before that trial for the first time, telling Seoul’s Constitutional Court he had “expressed my opposition” to Yoon’s decision […]
Colonel Kim Hyun-tae, who leads the country’s elite 707th Special Mission Group, was in charge of troops attempting to stop lawmakers from voting down Yoon’s shock order. He said his superior officer, former chief of the special warfare command General Kwak Jong-keun, also asked him if troops could fight their way into the parliament building […]
Yoon, who is expected to attend the hearing, threw the nation into chaos on December 3 when he attempted to suspend the civilian rule, citing the need to combat threats from “anti-state elements”. Soldiers the president directed to storm parliament failed to stop lawmakers from voting down martial law just six hours after his shock […]
It was unclear whether the Presidential Security Service (PSS), which has previously blocked access by investigators with a search warrant to Yoon’s office and official residence, would try to stop him from being arrested. Yoon is under criminal investigation for insurrection over his Dec. 3. martial law attempt that stunned South Korea, Asia’s fourth-largest economy […]
The impeachment of Prime Minister Han, the acting president since Yoon was impeached on Dec. 14 for declaring martial law on Dec. 3, has pushed South Korea’s once-vibrant democratic success story into uncharted territory. Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok, who assumed the position of acting president while the cases of Yoon and Han were considered by […]
Yoon was removed by South Korea’s parliament on Saturday over his short-lived attempt to suspend civilian rule, which plunged the country into its worst political turmoil in years. The Constitutional Court has around six months to determine whether to uphold the impeachment. Fresh elections must be held within two months if he is removed. Prime […]
A major United States (US) ally and Asia’s fourth-largest economy were thrown into a constitutional crisis by last week’s unexpected martial law declaration, which sent shockwaves across the diplomatic and economic fronts and raised fears of a power vacuum. Following a week of quiet, KCNA released a story on the martial law problem and the […]
Separately, Kim Yong-Hyun, former defence minister and a close confidant of Yoon, attempted suicide at a detention centre where he is held after being arrested, a Justice Ministry official told a parliament hearing. A presidential security service official confirmed that the police raided Yoon’s office. The national police agency declined to immediately confirm the search. […]
