US EditionSouth Korea arrests ex-defense minister over martial law, Yonhap News says
- South Korean prosecutors arrested ex-Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun for his alleged role in President Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of martial law on Tuesday, as reported by Yonhap News Agency.
- Kim was viewed as a key figure in the brief martial law declaration and had proposed it to President Yoon, according to a senior military official and impeachment filings from opposition members.
- Following the opposition's impeachment motion, President Yoon accepted Kim's resignation on Thursday and Kim has since been detained.
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Ex-defense minister ordered drone infiltration to Pyongyang in Oct.: lawmaker
The South Korean military flew drones over Pyongyang in October at the order of then Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, who is currently under investigation for his involvement in the martial law declaration, a lawmaker said Monday.
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South Korea’s Former Defense Minister Arrested Over Role in Martial Law Decree
South Korea’s former defense minister, who resigned this week over his role in the president’s martial law declaration, has been arrested. According to local media reports, former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun voluntarily appeared for questioning at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office at 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 8. The prosecutor’s office, alongside law enforcement agencies, is conducting multiple investigations into treason and other poten…
The president has been stripped of all powers of power by his own party, and the country's former defense minister has been arrested charged with sedition. The aftermath of the coup attempt in Seoul rolls on unawares...
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