South Korean Defense minister resigns
- Kim offered his resignation and expressed regret for the disruption and concern caused to the public.
- Kim admitted full responsibility, saying, "All troops who performed duties related to martial law were acting on my instructions, and all responsibility lies with me."
- Opposition parties are pushing to impeach both the president and the minister over the shocking but short-lived imposition of martial law.
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South Korean Defense Minister Resigns After Martial Law Disaster
South Korean President Yoon Sook-yeol on Thursday accepted the resignation of Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, even as critics demanded Yoon step down over his aborted attempt to impose martial law on Tuesday. The post South Korean Defense Minister Resigns After Martial Law Disaster appeared first on Breitbart.
South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun has resigned days after President Yoon Suk-yeol declared emergency martial law accusing the opposition of “anti-state activities of rebellion.” Martial law was revoked within a few hours by Parliament, forcing President Yoon to lift it. Causes of the defense minister’s resignation: “I have offered the president my will to resign, taking responsibility for all the chaos caused by emergency martial law,”…
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AlKhaleej TodayYonhap: Travel ban imposed on former defence minister amid South Korea martial law probe
SEOUL, Dec 5 — South Korean prosecutors today banned ex-defence minister Kim Yong-hyun from leaving the country over his role in a martial law declaration that plunged the country into turmoil, Yonhap news agency said. “The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office has imposed a travel ban on the former minister,” Yonhap said.
The minister is said to have advised the president to impose martial law. However, the move plunged the country into chaos. Now Kim Yong Hun is resigning.
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