South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol replaced his Defense Minister Kim Yong Hyun with Choi Byung Hyuk amid impeachment threats from opposition parties following a brief martial law declaration.
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea ’s president replaced his defense minister Thursday as opposition parties moved to impeach both men over the stunning yet short-lived imposition of martial law that brought armed troops into Seoul streets.
Yoon’s office didn’t provide any further comments by him. He hasn’t appeared in public since he announced in a televised address that his government was lifting the martial law declaration. On Friday, the Democrats and other opposition lawmakers voted to impeach Choi Jae-hae, chairman of the country’s board of audit and inspection, and three top public prosecutors, including Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office chief Lee Chang-soo. The four will be suspended from their duties until the Constitutional Court rules whether to remove them from office.
But speaking to reporters Thursday, PPP leader Han Dong-hun, head of the anti-Yoon faction, said he would work to ensure that the impeachment motion doesn’t pass though he remains critical of Yoon’s action, which he described as “unconstitutional.” Han said that there is a need to “prevent damage to citizens and supporters caused by unprepared chaos.”
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