South Korean President orders arrest of his party leader

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yule ordered the arrest of ruling party leader Han Dong hoon and declared martial law in the country, writes UNN with reference to the BBC.

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According to the deputy director of the National Intelligence Service, the list of arrests also includes the leader of the main opposition Democratic Party, Lee Jae-Meng, as well as three opposition MPs.

Director Hong Jang Won claims that the South Korean president tried to"use this chance to arrest them and destroy them." This became clear during the holding of emergency meetings by political parties , at which deputies planned to hold a vote for the impeachment of Yun.

The submission will be accepted if two-thirds of the deputies vote for it.

The opposition has a majority in the 300-seat parliament, but at least eight deputies from the ruling party are not enough to get the 200 votes needed to pass the impeachment motion. The first clear sign that Yoon Suk Yol's own party can now vote alongside the opposition is that the leader of the ruling Yoon party has called for his immediate removal, saying he poses a "great danger" to democracy if he remains in power.

Han Dong Hong, chairman of the people's Power Party, has previously said that his party will not support the opposition's impeachment proposal. However, he later announced that there was evidence that Yoon ordered the arrest of key politicians, including Han Dong hoon, on "anti-state charges.

Han also said that Yoon planned to imprison the arrested politicians at a detention center in Gwacheon, a city south of Seoul. He expressed concern that "extreme actions" such as declaring martial law could be carried out if Yoon remains in office.

[This] puts the Republic of Korea and its people at great risk.

Yoon's attempt to impose martial law shocked the country and angered South Korea's allies and financial markets. He referred to threats from "anti-state forces" and North Korea.

But it soon became clear that his move was driven not by external threats, but by his own domestic political problems. The order was abruptly canceled a few hours after 190 MPs managed to get into parliament and vote against it — some of them climbing fences and breaking barricades to get into the Hall.  

In the capital of South Korea, Seoul, street protests continued for more than two days demanding the resignation of the president, and police said they were investigating an "uprising"against him.

After the lifting of martial law, no one saw the president of South Korea.

The survey showed that his approval rating fell to a record low of 13%. But even before the attempt to introduce martial law, the president already suffered from low popularity ratings and accusations of corruption.

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Yoon Sok Yule appointed Choi Byung Hyuk as the new defense minister after Kim Yong hyun's resignation.The change of leadership took place after an unsuccessful attempt to introduce martial law and a political crisis in the country.