South Korea’s conservative People Power Party (PPP) has issued a belated apology for Yoon Suk-yeol’s failed attempt to impose martial law – more than a year after it sparked a constitutional crisis that toppled his government.
Yet analysts described the gesture as a tactical retreat by the ex-president’s former party, aimed at salvaging electoral fortunes rather than confronting its role in the fiasco.
Delivered on Wednesday by PPP chairman Jang Dong-hyuk, the apology laid bare the...
South Korea’s conservatives attempt break from Yoon with martial law apology
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Source: scmp.com

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