- "I am ready to face an impeachment, investigations, and whatever else may come," says South Korea's president, Yoon Suk-yeol, in a televised speech a little over a week after he imposed a brief state of emergency in the country. Photo: Handout/Ritzau Scanpix
S. Korea’s president defiant amid impeachment threat
President Yoon Suk-yeol of South Korea remains defiant despite facing investigations for insurrection and treason after imposing a brief military state of emergency in early December. Yoon, criticized for troop deployment, insists it was a limited response and legal protection for Korean democracy. Post-emergency, he apologized to the affected citizens and suggested his political future is up to his party. His party colleague Han Dong-hoon calls for Yoon’s immediate dismissal. Despite Yoon’s steadfastness on the emergency’s legitimacy, which he ties to potential North Korean election cyberattacks, a parliamentary vote against him fell short of the needed two-thirds majority, deferring the decision to a new vote set for December 14.