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JEON HEON-KYUN/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol speaks on the government budget at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, 25 October 2022.
Reuters
13:47 JST, December 16, 2024
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean state media KCNA on Monday reported on the South Korean parliament passing President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment vote on Saturday.
Yoon was impeached in a second vote by South Korea’s opposition-led parliament over his short-lived attempt to impose martial law, which shocked the nation.
KCNA had reported for the first time on Dec. 11 South Korea’s martial law crisis which was sparked on Dec. 3.
On Monday, KCNA did not offer much commentary, but called Yoon’s defiant televised remarks on Dec. 12 “a press statement spliced with lies and obstinacy” and noted the rally in front of South Korean parliament that called for Yoon’s impeachment.
It also noted media reports on various South Korean military and police officials’ suspension from duties and ongoing investigation into Yoon.
After the impeachment vote passed on Saturday, South Korea’s acting defense minister, Kim Seon-ho, called on the military to maintain preparedness and ordered commanding officers to work promptly to stabilize their troop commands.
On Saturday, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia has begun using North Korean troops in significant numbers for the first time to conduct assaults on Ukrainian forces battling to hold an enclave in Russia’s Kursk region.
