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Ex-leader 'tried to provoke Pyongyang'
Bangkok Post
|December 16, 2025
Former president Yoon Suk-yeol tried to provoke North Korea into mounting an armed aggression to justify his December 2024 martial law declaration and eliminate political opponents, a special prosecutor said yesterday.
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The special prosecutor, Cho Eun-seok, told a briefing his team had indicted 24 people, including Mr Yoon and five cabinet members, on insurrection charges following a six-month investigation.
"We know well from historic experience the justification given by those in power for a coup is only a facade and the sole purpose is to monopolise and maintain power," Mr Cho said.
Mr Cho said his team has confirmed an elaborate scheme allegedly masterminded by Mr Yoon and his defence minister, Kim Yong-hyun, going back to October 2023 to suspend the powers of parliament and replace it with an emergency legislative body.
"To create justification for declaring martial law, they tried to lure North Korea into mounting an armed aggression, but failed as North Korea did not respond militarily," he said.
Cette histoire est tirée de l'édition December 16, 2025 de Bangkok Post.
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