JAKARTA - South Korean President (South Korea) Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday apologized for causing a public commotion by declaring a military emergency.

Yoon promised there would be no second military emergency declaration, he said in a televised address reported by Reuters on Saturday, December 7.

Previously, South Korean prosecutors opened an investigation into President Yoon Suk Yeol, interior minister, and former defense minister for their role in efforts to impose martial law.

Reported by Reuters from Yonhap, Thursday, December 5, Kim Yong-hyun, who resigned as South Korean defense minister was also barred from traveling when prosecutors conducted an investigation. The other two are not subject to the ban.

Citing an unnamed specific threat from "anti-state forces" and hindering political opponents, Yoon imposed a military emergency for about six hours before turning around after parliament decided to oppose the measure.

Yoon now faces impeachment this Saturday which is voting.


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