Country’s assembly plans second impeachment against Yoon Suk Yeol and votes to impeach police chief and justice minister
South Korea: A demonstrator holds a placard that reads 'arrest the insurrectionist Yoon Suk Yeol' during a protest in Seoul on December 11th, 2024. Photograph: ANTHONY WALLACE/AFPpresident has defended his martial law decree, as members of South Korea’s National Assembly voted to impeach the national police chief and the justice minister over their enforcement of martial law last week.
In a televised statement, Mr Yoon defended his martial law decree as an act of governance and denied rebellion charges.Crowds throng Syria’s ‘human slaughterhouse’ drawn by hopes of a miracle reunionHe suggested he has no intention of resigning and rejected the impeachment attempts and investigations into last week’s move.
He said the deployment of less than 300 soldiers to the National Assembly was designed to maintain order. Mr Yoon’s December 3rd martial law decree has generated political chaos and protests calling for his removal.
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