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N. Korea’s Media Reports on Yoon’s Detention over Martial Law Bid


A vehicle carrying impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol (2nd from L) heads to Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, south of the capital, on Jan. 15, 2025. (Image courtesy of Yonhap)

A vehicle carrying impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol (2nd from L) heads to Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, south of the capital, on Jan. 15, 2025. (Image courtesy of Yonhap)

SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire)North Korea’s state media on Friday published reports about impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s detention as part of an investigation into his botched imposition of martial law, two days after he was taken into custody.

The Korean Central Broadcasting Station, a radio broadcaster, and the Rodong Sinmun newspaper, which caters to the general public in North Korea, published the report, citing breaking news from the international community.

“The international community is shining a spotlight on the chaotic situation in puppet South Korea by publishing breaking news on puppet Yoon Suk Yeol’s detention as a sitting president for the first time and his transfer to investigative authorities,” the report said.

The radio station described the detention process surrounding Yoon as an “unusual scene,” mentioning his “miserable fate” and predicting further chaos in South Korea.

It also quoted foreign media as reporting that Yoon is expected to become the fifth South Korean president to face a prison term and that he could face the death sentence in the worst-case scenario.

North Korea’s media had published near daily reports about civic rallies in South Korea calling for Yoon’s ouster since late November, in what appears to be an attempt to stir domestic animosity toward South Korea.

Since Yoon’s martial law declaration on Dec. 3, the North remained silent on the issue for about a week before publishing news coverage on the botched martial attempt and the subsequent moves to impeach Yoon the following week.

(Yonhap)

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