South Korea’s defence minister resigns after advising martial law troop deployment

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South Korea's former defence minister Kim Yong-hyun offered to resign on December 4, 2024, following President Yoon Suk-yeol's failed implementation of martial law, the defence ministry said. Opposition parties had also filed a separate motion to impeach Kim on the same day. Yoon accepted Kim’s resignation and nominated his ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Choi Byung-hyuk, as a replacement.