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Top prosecutor resigns after clash with ruling bloc
Mar 05, 2021, 07:53 am
Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl speaks at a brief press conference in front of the Supreme Prosecutors Office in Seoul on March 4, 2021./ Photographed by Jung Jae-hoon
AsiaToday reporter Heo Kyung-joon
Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl resigned Thursday, four months before the end of his two-year tenure. President Moon Jae-in immediately accepted his resignation offer, ending a conflict between Yoon and the ruling bloc. However, Yoon’s departure is expected to have a great impact on the country’s politics.
Speaking to reporters in front of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office in Seoul on Thursday, Yoon offered to resign, saying the spirit of the constitution and the legal-governance that maintain the country are falling apart. “The people of Korea will be the ones to pay the price. It is difficult for me to watch the collapse of common sense and justice that our society has formulated over the yea
Top prosecutor resigns after clash with ruling bloc
Mar 05, 2021, 07:53 am
Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl speaks at a brief press conference in front of the Supreme Prosecutors Office in Seoul on March 4, 2021./ Photographed by Jung Jae-hoon
AsiaToday reporter Heo Kyung-joon
Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl resigned Thursday, four months before the end of his two-year tenure. President Moon Jae-in immediately accepted his resignation offer, ending a conflict between Yoon and the ruling bloc. However, Yoon’s departure is expected to have a great impact on the country’s politics.
Speaking to reporters in front of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office in Seoul on Thursday, Yoon offered to resign, saying the spirit of the constitution and the legal-governance that maintain the country are falling apart. “The people of Korea will be the ones to pay the price. It is difficult for me to watch the collapse of common sense and justice that our society has formulated over the yea
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