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Yeji Chung

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Korea Analyst at the American Enterprise Institute's Foreign & Defense Policy, Coalition Defense of Taiwan. Views Mine

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Yeji Chung @yejichung.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
📌🤓Come work with us at AEI as part of the CDOT team! We’re looking for a fall intern to support our research on US defense policy and security issues in the Indo-Pacific. This includes work on China’s military modernization and US alliance interests. Apply here: www.linkedin.com/posts/yeji-c...
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📌🤓Come work with us at AEI as part of the CDOT team! | Yeji Chung
📌🤓Come work with us at AEI as part of the CDOT team! We’re looking for a fall intern to support Dan Blumenthal’s research on U.S. defense policy and security issues in the Indo-Pacific. This includes...
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Yeji Chung @yejichung.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
📌🤓Come work with us at AEI as part of the CDOT team! We’re looking for a fall intern to support our research on US defense policy and security issues in the Indo-Pacific. This includes work on China’s military modernization and US alliance interests. Apply here: www.linkedin.com/posts/yeji-c...
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📌🤓Come work with us at AEI as part of the CDOT team! | Yeji Chung
📌🤓Come work with us at AEI as part of the CDOT team! We’re looking for a fall intern to support Dan Blumenthal’s research on U.S. defense policy and security issues in the Indo-Pacific. This includes...
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Yeji Chung @yejichung.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
"The trust in the respondent's ability to uphold the liberal democratic order and faithfully execute governmental duties has been irreparably lost. As a result, it has reached a point where the respondent can no longer be entrusted with the administration of the country." Constitutional Court 4/4
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Yeji Chung @yejichung.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
NK NEWS: North Korean state media reported on U.S. President Donald Trump’s election win and inauguration for the first time on Wednesday morning, after Trump broke precedent to call the DPRK a nuclear power just hours after taking office. www.nknews.org/2025/01/nort...
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North Korea reports on Trump election win, inauguration for first time | NK News
North Korean state media reported on U.S. President Donald Trump’s election win and inauguration for the first time on Wednesday morning, after Trump broke precedent to call the DPRK a nuclear power j...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/01/2025
Trump on Kim Jong Un: "I liked him ... I think he has tremendous condo capability. He's got a lot of shoreline."
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Yeji Chung @yejichung.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Thread: PRC Installs Steel Structure in the Yellow Sea Amid South Korea's Political Turmoil 🧵 www.aei.org/articles/chi...
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Yeji Chung @yejichung.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
U.S. Secretary of State nominee Sen. Marco Rubio said the new administration’s DPRK policy aims to prevent an inadvertent nuclear crisis on the Peninsula and discourage other nations from pursuing their own nuclear weapons, at a confirmation hearing today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3sl...
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Marco Rubio Senate Confirmation Hearing to be Secretary of State
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Yeji Chung @yejichung.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Prior to his arrest, Yoon alleged election fraud by the National Election Commission: - "Tremendous numbers of fake ballots were discovered." - "The National Election Commission's computer system was defenseless against hacking and manipulation." shorturl.at/AUYgE
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Yeji Chung @yejichung.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
“The North Koreans have a ‘meat grinder’ strategy. Where Ukrainians use a mine-clearing vehicle, they just use people," Lieutenant Colonel “Leopard” told the Times. www.thetimes.com/world/russia...
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‘North Korean troops refuse to be taken alive’
Kim’s soldiers sent to bolster Russian forces against Ukraine’s incursion are being used as human mine detectors in the ‘meat grinder’ of the front line
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Hans Schattle @hansschattle.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
This can be taken either as a willingness to welcome Kim Jong Un into the nuclear club or as an acknowledgement of an unfortunate reality. Until now the US govt has never recognized North Korea as a nuclear weapons state. That could change with Trump 2.0.
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Yeji Chung @yejichung.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Per Yonhap: U.S. Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth described North Korea as a "nuclear power" in written answers submitted to the Senate Armed Services Committee ahead of his confirmation hearing. en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2025...
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Pentagon chief nominee calls N. Korea 'nuclear power' | Yonhap News Agency
By Song Sang-ho WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegs...
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Yeji Chung @yejichung.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
An ROK military unit deployed in the National Assembly blockade operation following the 12.3 martial law declaration had requested internal blueprints of the NA building in July last year. biz.heraldcorp.com/article/1038...
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국회 투입 1공수여단, 계엄 5개월 전 국회에 설계도 요구
[헤럴드경제=박혜원 기자] 12·3 비상계엄 선포 직후 국회 봉쇄 작전에 투입됐던 특전사령부 예하 제1공수특전여단(1공수여단)이 지난해 7월 국회에 내부 설계도면을 요구했던 것으로 확인됐다. 13일 ‘내란 혐의 국정조사 특위’ 소속인 더불어민주당 윤건영 의원이 이날 특전사에서 받은 자료에 따르면 1공수여단은 지난해 7월 국회에 공문을 보내 국회 설계도면을 ...
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Yeji Chung @yejichung.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
At least 300 North Korean soldiers dispatched to support Moscow's war in Ukraine have been killed, with some 2,700 others injured, South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) said Monday. en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2025...
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(LEAD) Around 300 N.K. soldiers killed, 2,700 wounded during fight against Ukraine: S. Korea's spy agency | Yonhap News Agency
(ATTN: UPDATES with more info in paras 6-9, 11-13; ADDS photo)By Yi Wonju SEOUL, Jan. 1...
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Yeji Chung @yejichung.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Thread: Declining DPRK-PRC Relations in 2024🧵 My first contribution at AEI is out: www.aei.org/articles/chi...
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Yeji Chung @yejichung.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
One of the two North Korean soldiers captured by Ukraine has claimed during questioning that he thought he was going for training, not to the war against Ukraine, Kyiv's security service has said. m-en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2025...
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N.K. soldier captured by Ukraine says he thought was going to training, not war: Kyiv | Yonhap News Agency
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- One of the two North Korean soldiers captured by Ukraine has cl...
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Yeji Chung @yejichung.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine has captured two wounded North Korean soldiers in Russia's western Kursk region and investigators are questioning them. m-en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2025...
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Martyn Williams @martynw.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Just in from North Korean TV: Video of Monday's IRBM launch
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Yeji Chung @yejichung.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
N.K. launch involves suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile: JCS m-en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2025... bsky.app/profile/yeji...
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Yeji Chung @yejichung.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
North Korea fires ballistic missile for first time in two months: Seoul “The launch coincided with a visit to Seoul by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken for a series of high-level meetings,” writes @nknewsorg.bsky.social @colinzwirko.bsky.social. www.nknews.org/2025/01/nort...
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North Korea fires ballistic missile for first time in two months: Seoul | NK News
North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile toward the east coast around noon on Monday, according to the South Korean military, the DPRK’s first since early November. The launch coincided with a ...
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Yeji Chung @yejichung.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
🧵Former ROK Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, writing from jail, appealed to the public to protect President Yoon Suk-yeol, alleging that those involved in missions to eliminate pro-North Korean communists are enduring "illegal investigations." Text translated below. www.segye.com/newsView/202...
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“尹 대통령 지켜 달라”…김용현 전 국방장관, ‘애국 동지’에 옥중서신
‘12·3 비상계엄 사태’ 내란 중요 임무 종사, 직권남용 혐의로 구속 기소된 김용현 전 국방부 장관이 이른바 ‘애국 동지’들에게 옥중서신을 보냈다. 김 전 장관은 지난달 29일 쓴 서신에서 “수백 통의 격려 서신을 통해 저에게 큰 용기와 희망을 주셨다”며 “자유 대한민국의 ...
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Yeji Chung @yejichung.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
🧵Former ROK Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, writing from jail, appealed to the public to protect President Yoon Suk-yeol, alleging that those involved in missions to eliminate pro-North Korean communists are enduring "illegal investigations." Text translated below. www.segye.com/newsView/202...
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“尹 대통령 지켜 달라”…김용현 전 국방장관, ‘애국 동지’에 옥중서신
‘12·3 비상계엄 사태’ 내란 중요 임무 종사, 직권남용 혐의로 구속 기소된 김용현 전 국방부 장관이 이른바 ‘애국 동지’들에게 옥중서신을 보냈다. 김 전 장관은 지난달 29일 쓴 서신에서 “수백 통의 격려 서신을 통해 저에게 큰 용기와 희망을 주셨다”며 “자유 대한민국의 ...
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Yeji Chung @yejichung.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
The Ukrainian military has reportedly captured a North Korean soldier as a prisoner in Kursk Oblast, marking the first such incident. mil.in.ua/en/news/ukra...
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Ukrainian Forces Capture North Korean Soldier, Russian APCs and Documents in Kursk Oblast
The Ukrainian Defense Forces have probably captured the first North Korean soldier who fought on the side of the Russian army
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Yeji Chung @yejichung.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
North Korea is producing ballistic missiles for Russia's use against Ukraine more quickly than previously believed, Jonah Leff, executive director of Conflict Armament Research, told the U.N. Security Council on Dec. 18. kyivindependent.com/north-korea-...
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North Korea producing missiles for Russia's use in Ukraine within months, researcher tells UN
Jonah Leff said that the researchers from his group examined remnants of four North Korean missiles recovered in Ukraine in July and August. One of them had marks showing it was procured in 2024, acco...
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Karl Friedhoff @kfriedhoff.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
NBS is back with new polling results after a few weeks off. The numbers mostly affirm what others found in terms of approval and party support. And 78% say it was a good decision to impeach Yoon.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 19/12/2024
A Post investigation found at least 1,800 law enforcement officers were charged with crimes involving child sexual abuse from 2005 through 2022. After years of reporting on children being violated by the officers sworn to protect them, here’s what we’ve learned:
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The Post investigated cops accused of sexually abusing kids. Here’s what we learned.
The Post spent two years reporting on kids exploited by police officers. Here’s what we learned about the systemic failures that allow these crimes to occur.
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Yeji Chung @yejichung.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
#KJU visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun on Dec 17 to mark the 13th anniversary of KJI's death, accompanied by key Cabinet members ex. Kim Tok-hun, Jo Yong-won. Kim Yo Jong and Choi Son-Hui are the only women in the photo, with Choi in the second row and KYJ three rows behind.
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Yeji Chung @yejichung.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Two other female leaders spotted from a different angle: - Kim Jong Sun, Labor Organization Department - Possibly Kim Sang Gon, Party History Research Institute *KYJ is still positioned behind them.
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Yeji Chung @yejichung.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
#KJU visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun on Dec 17 to mark the 13th anniversary of KJI's death, accompanied by key Cabinet members ex. Kim Tok-hun, Jo Yong-won. Kim Yo Jong and Choi Son-Hui are the only women in the photo, with Choi in the second row and KYJ three rows behind.
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Yeji Chung @yejichung.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
U.S. National Security Council Adviser John Kirby and State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller confirmed the deaths of North Korean soldiers in #Russia. This marks the first time #Washington has acknowledged the fatalities of #DPRK troops. en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2024...
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(2nd LD) U.S. confirms N. Korea suffered 'significant losses' in combat against Ukraine | Yonhap News Agency
(ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; UPDATES throughout with White House briefing)By Song Sang-h...
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Yeji Chung @yejichung.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
12/14-15, North Korean army units reportedly sustained heavy losses, with at least 30 soldiers killed or wounded in the regions surrounding the villages of Plekhovo, Vorozhba, and Martynovka in Russia’s Kursk Oblast. www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
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Andy Lim @andysaulim.com · 14/12/2024
PASSED impeachment motion against President Yoon Voting results - 204 yes - 85 no - 3 abstained - 8 invalid Graphic below: 🟡Voting Turnout & What's Next? Resources: 🟢 Timeline of events: shorturl.at/ReGnA 🟣 Koreanists 🇰🇷 to follow: go.bsky.app/U3Nm5FX #MartialLaw #SouthKorea #Impeachment Repost🫡
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Yeji Chung @yejichung.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
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(3rd LD) Nat'l Assembly votes to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol | Yonhap News Agency
By Lee Haye-ah and Yi Wonju (ATTN: UPDATES with vote result; CHANGES headline, photo) SE...
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Michelle Ye Hee Lee @myhlee.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
This photo circulating this morning as Yoon spoke for the 1st time since declaring martial law, with a wholehearted defense of his actions. The ajusshi-throwing-soju-bottle photo existed, and someone photoshopped Yoon in. Pretty much captures the mood here right now. (Reposting w/correct caption)
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Victor Cha @victordcha.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
This gets lost in the political crisis. We have new data on what happened in NK during the Covid lockdown in the current issue of Survival @csis.org
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Benjamin A. Engel @benjaminaengel.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
24 PPP lawmakers have said they will participate in the impeachment vote on Saturday. PPP leader Han Dong-hoon has also urged lawmakers to vote. Another sign impeachment is increasingly likely to pass this weekend. 1/ www.joongang.co.kr/article/2529...
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[단독] 與 최소 24명 "14일 표결참석"…尹 탄핵방어선 붕괴 | 중앙일보
한 대표는 주변에 "14일 2차 탄핵안 표결 때는 우리 당 의원들이 본회의장에 출석해 표결해야 한다"고 말했고, 탄핵안이 가결되는 상황을 대비하겠다는 뜻도 밝혔다고 한다. 1차 탄핵안 부결 때 당론에 따라 표결에 불참하는 것으로 탄핵 반대에 동참했던 김 의원이 찬성으로 선회하면서, 공개적으로 탄핵에 찬성하는 여당 의원은 5명(조경태·안철수·김상욱·김예지·김...
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Karl Friedhoff @kfriedhoff.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Let's remember some Korean presidents. 1. Lee Myung-bak (conservative). 2008-2013 (full term). Sentenced to 15 years imprisonment. Receives special pardon from Yoon in 2022.
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Yeji Chung @yejichung.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
🧵 "Break down the door and drag out the lawmakers." President Yoon Seok-yul reportedly told ex-Army Special Warfare Command (ROKA) Commander Kwak Jong-geun on the night of 12/3. Kwak's whistle-blowing testimony exposed that Yoon was orchestrating a military coup through martial law.
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Karl Friedhoff @kfriedhoff.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
There is too much to roundup here. Former MinDef attempts suicide. Reports of police raid on president's office. Kim Keon-hee reported to have deleted her Telegram. All these need to be confirmed.
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Yeji Chung @yejichung.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
🧵 "Break down the door and drag out the lawmakers." President Yoon Seok-yul reportedly told ex-Army Special Warfare Command (ROKA) Commander Kwak Jong-geun on the night of 12/3. Kwak's whistle-blowing testimony exposed that Yoon was orchestrating a military coup through martial law.
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Andy Lim @andysaulim.com · 11/12/2024
7 days ago, President Yoon declared #MartialLaw in #SouthKorea. Since then, there's been protests, investigations, a failed impeachment vote, resignations, and just today, revelation of a failed suicide. Follow the situation with a live timeline here with @yejichung.bsky.social (updated daily)
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Timeline of South Korea's Martial Law and Impeachment Motion
Last updated December 10, 2024, 11:00 PM EST Timeline of South Korea’s Martial Law and Impeachment Vote (All Times in KST + estimated) Andy Lim: @andysaulim.com Yeji Chung: @yejichung.bsky.social ...
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Yeji Chung @yejichung.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
🧵 What does a police raid on the presidential office mean for Yoon? en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2024...
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(LEAD) Police raid presidential office, police headquarters in martial law probe | Yonhap News Agency
(ATTN: UPDATES with Yoon's absence from office) SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Yonhap) -- Police o...
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Yeji Chung @yejichung.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
(Yonhap) Ex-defense minister attempted suicide at detention facility: correction official en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2024...
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Ex-defense minister attempted suicide at detention facility: correction official | Yonhap News Agency
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Yonhap) -- Former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun attempted to take his own...
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William Gallo @williamgallo.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
For the latest Korea news, here's a great list of Bluesky accounts to follow. Please note that this list is broad and includes North Korea watchers, as well. And let me know if you are a Korea specialist who'd like to be added to this starter pack.
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Sangsin Lee @sslee.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
South Korea currently has a “Schrödinger’s President.” Yoon is either the president or not. Whether he holds presidential power can only be determined through impeachment.
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Sangsin Lee @sslee.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
윤석열은 “슈로딩거의 대통령” 이다. 그는 대통령이거나 대통령이 아닌데, 우리는 현재 상자 안의 상태를 알 수 없다. 매주 주말 탄핵 표결을 통해서만 그가 대통령의 권력을 가지고 있는지가 확인된다.
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Romy Koo @romykoo.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
UPDATE: The prosecution, police, and CIO seem open to cooperating on insurrection and abuse of power charges against Yoon. At the prosecution's joint investigation proposal: Police: "If all three institutions participate, we have no reason to refuse." CIO: "We plan to join discussions with them."
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Benjamin A. Engel @benjaminaengel.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Protests in front of the PPP party headquarters tonight. Feel bad for the unsuspecting foreign tourists staying in the Kensington Hotel right next door
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Yeji Chung @yejichung.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Korean citizens are sending condolence flowers ("근조화환"—traditionally reserved for funerals) to PPP lawmakers who boycotted the vote on Yoon's impeachment motion. (Sending such flowers to the living is considered one of the gravest insults in Korea..)
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Yeji Chung @yejichung.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
🧵 President Yoon has halted all official presidential duties since his announcement on the 7th. Should he still receive his monthly salary of 21 million KRW (~16,346 USD)? n.news.naver.com/mnews/articl...
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