By The Straits Times | Created at 2024-12-15 22:30:53 | Updated at 2024-12-16 02:01:37
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SEOUL - North Korean state media KCNA on Dec 16 reported on the South Korean Parliament passing President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment vote on Dec 14.
Mr Yoon was impeached in a second vote by South Korea's opposition-led parliament over his short-lived attempt to impose martial law, which shocked the nation.
KCNA had reported for the first time on Dec 11 South Korea's martial law crisis which was sparked on Dec 3.
On Dec 16, KCNA did not offer much commentary, but called Mr Yoon's defiant televised remarks on Dec 12 "a press statement spliced with lies and obstinacy" and noted the rally in front of South Korean Parliament that called for Mr Yoon's impeachment.
It also noted media reports on various South Korean military and police officials' suspension from duties and ongoing investigation into Mr Yoon.
After the impeachment vote passed on Dec 14, South Korea's acting defence minister, Mr Kim Seon-ho, called on the military to maintain preparedness and ordered commanding officers to work promptly to stabilise their troop commands.
On Dec 14, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia has begun using North Korean troops in significant numbers for the first time to conduct assaults on Ukrainian forces battling to hold an enclave in Russia's Kursk region. REUTERS
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