{"id":37550,"date":"2026-06-01T12:54:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T12:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/37550\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T12:54:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T12:54:14","slug":"s-koreas-ex-president-yoon-began-martial-law-preparations-in-2023-special-counsel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/37550\/","title":{"rendered":"S. Korea’s ex-president Yoon began martial law preparations in 2023: Special counsel"},"content":{"rendered":"

A special counsel team has determined former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol had prepared to declare martial law since late 2023, about a year before his failed bid in December 2024, officials said Monday, News.Az<\/a> reports, citing Yonhap<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Assistant special counsel Kim Ji-mi said in a briefing that the team has determined that Yoon had made preparations for martial law since November 2023 after questioning former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Kim Myung-soo.<\/p>\n

The now-retired admiral is said to have told the team last month that Yoon asked him whether he would do anything he would order when they met on Nov. 29, 2023.<\/p>\n

Yoon<\/a> allegedly flew into a rage when he said he would follow them if they were just orders.<\/p>\n

The team, led by special counsel Kwon Chang-young, has left open the possibility that Yoon’s alleged remarks may have been part of preliminary efforts to recruit top military officials for his martial law bid.<\/p>\n

Kwon’s team earlier said Yoon appeared to be preparing for martial law since the first half of 2024, citing the outcome of its questioning of a military counterintelligence official.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a separate special counsel team that ended its mandate late last year after a probe into Yoon had determined that martial law preparations took place before October 2023. The team cited a notebook belonging to a retired general convicted in connection with Yoon’s martial law bid.<\/p>\n

A Seoul court, however, did not recognize the notebook as evidence during Yoon’s insurrection trial, where he was sentenced to life imprisonment over his failed martial law bid.<\/p>\n

News.Az<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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