South Korean President Remains Defiant as Impeachment Odds Jump
Live MintSouth Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol said he would fight until the last minute to defend himself and accused the opposition of trying to paralyze his administration in a defiant speech Thursday as the chief of his own party called for his impeachment. Yoon said the purpose of his martial law declaration last week was to send a warning to the opposition by letting the public know about their “anti-state” moves and their sympathies for North Korea. The comments come with the president’s weakening grip on power looking closer to ending as more ruling party members come out in support of impeachment moves against him. Yoon’s People Power Party leader Han Dong-hoon said earlier Thursday that the only way to get the president to stand down was to impeach him.