I will fight to the end to prevent the forces and criminal groups responsible for paralyzing the country's parliament and sabotaging the nation's constitutional order, said the president in the speech broadcast on Wednesday night Swedish time.
The comments indicate that he does not plan to resign. Shortly after the speech, however, Han Dong-Hoon, leader of the ruling party PPP – Yoon's own party – announced that they now support impeaching the president.
"The only viable way forward"
Impeaching the president through a parliamentary vote is currently the only viable way to defend democracy and the republic, said Han, according to CNN.
Yoon declared a state of emergency last Tuesday, but was forced to back down just six hours later, after the 190 lawmakers who quickly gathered in parliament unanimously voted against it.
Since then, the pressure on the president to step down has steadily increased. On Saturday, Yoon apologized, but without resigning. Later the same day, he narrowly avoided being impeached in parliament, as his party colleagues boycotted the vote.
Attempt at police raid
On Thursday, the police launched a second raid on the area where the president's office is located, as part of the investigation into the state of emergency, reports the South Korean news agency Yonhap.
A similar attempt on Wednesday was stopped by security guards.
South Korea's opposition leader has stated that he will try to impeach President Yoon through a new vote on December 14, which Yoon's own party now says it supports.
The president has been banned from traveling while the police and prosecutors investigate whether he and several other high-ranking politicians and officials attempted to stage a coup, a charge that can result in the death penalty.
Corrected: In an earlier version of the text, the wrong day of the week was given for the police raid.
