Politics · South Korea · 1 hr ago
South Korea's Democrats demand lawmaker quit posts over martial law remarks
South Korea's Democratic Party called for Kim Tae-gyu to resign from two posts.
Kim is a lawmaker with the opposition People Power Party and serves as a deputy floor spokesperson and a member of the National Assembly's House Steering Committee.
The demand followed remarks defending former President Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law declaration on December 3.
The Democratic Party said the comments insulted the public.
It also warned that failure to discipline Kim would signal support for defending an insurrection.
The party's demand and the response to it were not reported.
South Korea’s Democratic Party demanded that People Power Party lawmaker Kim Tae-gyu resign from two posts over remarks defending former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law.
The party called for Kim to leave his position on the National Assembly’s House Steering Committee.
It also demanded that he resign as his party’s senior floor spokesperson.
The Democrats said the People Power Party would be endorsing defense of insurrection if it did not discipline Kim.
- Who
- South Korea’s Democratic Party and People Power Party lawmaker Kim Tae-gyu.
- What
- The Democrats demanded that Kim resign from his National Assembly committee post and his party spokesperson role.
- When
- October 22, 2026.
- Where
- South Korea’s National Assembly and the People Power Party.
- Why
- The Democrats objected to remarks by Kim defending former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s December 3 emergency martial law.
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Former President Yoon Suk Yeol imposed emergency martial law, which Kim later defended in remarks.
The Democratic Party demanded that Kim resign from his two posts.
- Lawmaker
- Kim Tae-gyu
- Party
- People Power Party
- Committee post
- National Assembly House Steering Committee
- Party post
- Senior floor spokesperson
- Martial law reference
- December 3 emergency martial law
- Demand date
- October 22, 2026