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South Korea's President is Banned from Leaving the Country

South Korea's President Yoon Suk-Yeol is banned from leaving the country. He is subject to a travel ban in the investigation into the short-lived and surprising state of emergency he declared last week.

» Published: December 09 2024

South Korea's President is Banned from Leaving the Country
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The Ministry of Justice announces that a travel ban has been issued for Yoon as he is under investigation, reports the South Korean news agency Yonhap.

The President shocked his fellow citizens and the world late on Tuesday last week when he declared a state of emergency with accompanying martial law. He motivated it, among other things, by saying that the opposition was hindering the government's work. He was forced to back down from it just six hours later, after the 190 members who quickly gathered in parliament unanimously voted against it.

Since then, the pressure on the President to resign has increased. Early on Saturday, Yoon apologized, but he refuses to step down.

Later on Saturday, he narrowly avoided being impeached in parliament, as his party colleagues, with a few exceptions, boycotted the vote.

This is an illegal, unconstitutional act that can be seen as a second coup, said opposition party member Park Chan-Dae to Yonhap on Monday, regarding President Yoon's refusal to resign.

On Sunday, the country's former Defense Minister Kim Yong-Hyun was arrested, accused of having played a major role in the chaos that followed the sudden declaration of a state of emergency.

The opposition has announced that it will try to hold a new vote on impeachment on December 14, on Saturday.

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