South Korea in chaos: President Yoon is not allowed to leave the country!

South Korea in chaos: President Yoon is not allowed to leave the country!

Südkorea - The political situation is dramatically escalated in South Korea: President Yoon Suk-Yeol has been banned from departure, as the Ministry of Justice announced. The reason for these restrictive measures is ongoing investigations to call up the war law in the past week, which was lifted again after only six hours due to massive public protests. According to OE24 , the ban was imposed by the authority to investigate corruption against high-ranking officials. The background is the accused that Yoon is said to have commissioned Defense Minister Kim Yong-Hyun to send troops to parliament.

Political uncertainty has worsened on the weekend. Kim Yong-Hyun was arrested and is suspected of having recommended war law. In the midst of all this turbulence, Yoon survived a move for the survey on Saturday because his conservative party, the Volkskraft (PPP), remained away from the vote in parliament. Nevertheless, the PPP provides for a possible handover of the state transactions to Prime Minister Han Duck-Soo until a possible resignation of Yoon, while the president continues to reject any claims for resignation, as well as Der Spiegel.