South Korea: Yoon pledges to 'fight until end' facing arrest – DW – 01/02/2025


South Korea: Yoon pledges to

Published 2 January 2025 Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol told supporters "I will fight until the end to protect this country together with you" in a letter made public on Thursday, the third day after a warrant for his arrest on charges of insurrection was issued. "I am watching on YouTube live all the hard work you are doing," Yoon wrote, as supporters protest attempts to detain him near his residence. Investigators from The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) were again stationed outside that residence on Thursday, though it was unclear whether they planned to move in. Presidential security services have so far impeded the investigators from entering. The head of the anti-corruption agency has only said he expects the arrest warrant to be executed by January 6 at the latest, when it expires. Opposition Democratic Party accuse Yoon of inciting supporters The opposition Democratic Party, which has majority control of parliament and led the impeachment of Yoon on December 14, said the letter showed Yoon to be delusional, and still committed to complete his "insurrection." "As if trying to stage insurrection wasn't enough, he is now inciting his supporters to an extreme clash," party spokesman Jo Seoung-lae said in a statement.