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Army Chief Suspended from Duty after Briefly Serving as Martial Law Commander


Army Chief of Staff Gen. Park An-su attends a parliamentary defense committee at the National Assembly on Dec. 5, 2024. (Image courtesy of Yonhap)

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Park An-su attends a parliamentary defense committee at the National Assembly on Dec. 5, 2024. (Image courtesy of Yonhap)

SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire)Army Chief of Staff Gen. Park An-su, who served as the chief martial law commander during President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived imposition of the order last week, was suspended from his duty Thursday, the defense ministry said.

Park is the latest in a handful of military commanders who have been suspended from their duties amid a widening probe over their involvement in Yoon’s martial law imposition on Dec. 3.

Shortly after the martial law announcement, a military decree barring all political activities was issued under Park’s name.

Park argued during a parliamentary session that he learned about the martial law imposition through Yoon’s televised address declaring the order, claiming he was not responsible for the drafting of the document.

He offered to resign to former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun on the day the martial rule was lifted but had remained in office after Yoon rejected his offer.

The ministry earlier suspended six other senior military personnel, including the commanders of the Capital Defense Command, the Army Special Warfare Command, the Counterintelligence Command and the Defense Intelligence Command.

(Yonhap)

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