President Yoon Suk Yeol has taken flak from the opposition for appointing a former presidential secretary who used to work for impeached former President Park Geun-hye as a new secretary for civil and social agenda.
By sending the bill back to the National Assembly, Yoon opens himself up to criticism for defying the public will by using his veto power to shield himself
President Yoon Suk Yeol vetoed an opposition-led bill seeking to initiate a special counsel investigation into a Marine s death on Tuesday, following the Cabinet s endorsement of the veto motion.
President Yoon Suk Yeol is facing the opposition leaders' call to stop exercising his veto power, as the fate of a bill that mandates a special counsel to probe into an alleged state interference in the death of a Marine soldier, is to be determined later this week. Yoon, who is still less than halfway through his term, has already used his veto the second-most times among all South Korean presidents since the f.