Before his departure, the president released a three-minute recorded video message saying he was cooperating only to prevent bloodshed between the secret service and law enforcement.
[Sound bite: President Yoon Suk Yeol (Korean-English)]
“I have agreed to appear before the CIO, despite the investigation being illegal, to prevent bloodshed.
The embattled president had been holed up in his fortified residence for weeks surrounded by his Presidential Security Service team, evading arrest as he faces several probes and an impeachment trial.
The Corruption Investigation Office (CIO), which is working with police and the defense ministry to investigate Yoon, first attempted to detain him earlier this month, but it failed after an hours-long showdown in which soldiers and members of the presidential security detail blocked some 80 police and investigators from approaching the presidential compound.
Südkoreas Ermittlungsbehörden haben am Mittwoch Präsident Yoon Suk Yeol verhaftet.
Er steht im Zusammenhang mit der Ausrufung des Kriegsrechts am 3. Dezember im Verdacht des Hochverrats.
(December 3, 2024)
After South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law in the country, thousands of protesters took to the streets alongside the leading opposition Democratic party, urging MPs to head to the national assembly and vote it down.
Following a dramatic night in which soldiers attempted to block MPs from entering parliament, lawmakers unanimously adopted a bill rejecting the martial law declaration, prompting the president to backtrack. Here is how the night unfolded in Seoul
The speaker thanked the public, emphasizing that the future of the country and hope lie within the people.
The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions issued the call in a Facebook post to its 1.1 million members, saying the strike would start Wednesday at 9 a.m. local time and would last until the president‘s „regime“ abolished martial law and the president stepped down.
An umbrella labor union has announced a general strike of indeterminate length, saying the strike will continue until President Yoon Suk Yeol resigns.
The central executive committee of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions(KCTU) announced the decision Wednesday morning in a press conference at its office in Seoul, saying the labor union will fight alongside the people for the end of the Yoon administration.
South Korean politicians and protesters have rallied overnight to block President Yoon Suk Yeol’s shock declaration of martial law hours after it was issued. The short-lived military rule marked the first time it was enacted since the country’s military dictatorship during the 1980s. ABC presenter Gemma Veness describes how the night of turmoil unfolded.
(31.12.2018)