Impeached South Korean President Blames Foes for Country’s Political Crisis Even While ‘Sorry’ for Declaring Martial Law
Yoon Suk-yeol pleads his case at the end of hearings by the constitutional court that’s expected to rule in two weeks on his impeachment by the national assembly.
SEOUL — South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk-yeol, is saying he is “sorry” about the turmoil he created by declaring martial law on December 3 but blames his leftist foes for his country’s worst political crisis in decades.
The conservative Mr. Yoon, fighting not just for his political survival but to avoid imprisonment for his ill-conceived martial law declaration, pleaded his case at the end of hearings by the constitutional court that’s expected to rule in two weeks on his impeachment by the national assembly.
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