On the 4th, Minister of National Defense Kim Yong-hyun said, “I took responsibility for all situations related to martial law and expressed my gratitude to the President.” Minister kim suggested the declaration of martial law to President Yoon Seok-yeol. Minister Kim said, “as the minister of National Defense, I fully feel responsibility and feel sorry for causing confusion and concern to the public.”
On the 4th, the Ministry of National Defense released Minister Kim’s statement regarding President Yoon’s declaration of martial law on the night of the 3rd. Minister Kim suggested declaring martial law to President yoon. It was confirmed that many of the State Council members who attended the cabinet meeting held before President Yoon’s declaration of martial law expressed opposition to the martial law declaration.
In his statement, Minister Kim said, “All soldiers who performed duties related to emergency martial law affairs followed the minister’s instructions,” and “all responsibility lies with me.”
In addition, Minister Kim said, “Martial law has been lifted and the people are recovering their daily lives, but the domestic political and security situation is not easy.” “We will make every effort to prevent this from happening,” he said.
At the same time, Minister Kim said, “Our military will maintain a
Prior to Minister Kim’s declaration of his statement, the Democratic Party of korea submitted a bill to impeach Minister Kim to the National Assembly’s Legislative Bill Department at 5:45 p.m. on the 4th.
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