{"id":2207395,"date":"2024-12-06T08:00:38","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T23:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/?p=2207395"},"modified":"2024-12-05T16:41:32","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T07:41:32","slug":"south-koreas-defense-minister-resigns-as-martial-law-fallout-escalates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2024\/12\/south-koreas-defense-minister-resigns-as-martial-law-fallout-escalates\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea\u2019s defense minister resigns as martial law fallout escalates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">President Yoon Suk-yeol on Thursday <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.yna.co.kr\/view\/AEN20241205002451315\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">accepted the resignation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of defense minister Kim Yong-hyun, who proposed the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2024\/12\/south-korean-lawmakers-reject-martial-law-hours-after-presidential-declaration\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">martial law declaration<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that Yoon abruptly announced late Tuesday and rescinded six hours later under pressure from the National Assembly. The defense ministry <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.yna.co.kr\/view\/AEN20241205006151315\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">revealed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that Kim had ordered elite military units to enter the National Assembly and prevent lawmakers from entering the compound during the short-lived martial law.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yoon named retired four-star Army general <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.yna.co.kr\/view\/AEN20241205002300315?section=search\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Choi Byung-hyuk<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as Kim\u2019s replacement. Choi, currently South Korea\u2019s ambassador to Saudi Arabia, is a former deputy commander of the U.S.-ROK Combined Forces Command with extensive military experience. Choi also played a key role in shaping Yoon\u2019s defense policies during his presidential campaign, making him a familiar figure to the administration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>WHY IT MATTERS<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By accepting Kim\u2019s resignation, Yoon appears to be deflecting responsibility for the martial law debacle, allowing his former defense minister to shoulder the blame while sidestepping mounting calls for his own resignation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The People Power Party\u2019s (PPP) <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peoplepowerparty.kr\/news\/comment_view\/BBSDD0001\/104553?page=1&amp;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">move to block<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the opposition-led <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/theminjoo.kr\/main\/sub\/news\/view.php?sno=0&amp;brd=230&amp;post=1208227&amp;search=\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">impeachment motion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> against Yoon reflects internal divisions within the ruling bloc. While PPP leader Han Dong-hoon criticized the martial law declaration as a \u201cwrong\u201d decision and maintains that Yoon should resign from the party, his effort to block Yoon\u2019s impeachment signals the party\u2019s reluctance to join forces with the opposition to impeach another conservative president.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Should the impeachment motion fail, the opposition will likely respond by impeaching other officials, such as prosecutors, and organizing mass protests that could drag on for weeks or months. Such unrest would deepen political instability, risk policy paralysis and undermine investor confidence at a time when South Korea faces <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2024\/11\/economic-slowdown-drives-bank-of-korea-to-surprise-second-rate-cut\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">slowing economic growth<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and global uncertainty heading into 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/tag\/domestic-politics\/\"><span class=\"tag\">Domestic Politics<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Yoon Suk-yeol on Thursday accepted the resignation of defense minister Kim Yong-hyun, who proposed the martial law declaration that Yoon abruptly announced late Tuesday and rescinded six hours later under pressure from the National Assembly. 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