president Yoon Suk-yeol has apologised for , which included allegations of her accepting a luxury handbag and involvement in stock manipulation. Mr Yoon acknowledged his wife’s actions could have been better but argued that her portrayal was overly “demonised” and that some claims were “exaggerated”. Addressing , the South Korean president publicly stated on Thursday that “it’s all my fault”.
However, he voiced his opposition to the to investigate the various allegations against the , saying, “that’s not a legal procedure, but political propaganda”. He told reporters following a televised address on Thursday that “is absolutely not motivated by love for my wife or a desire to defend her”, adding that a “special counsel is an attempt to play politics under the guise of the law”. He said that the past investigations with hundreds of investigators yielded no indictments and that “the very act of appointing a special counsel to which the president and the ruling party are opposed suggests you can make laws to do anything at all, an idea that’s fundamentally contrary to the constitution”.
He added: “The idea of setting up a big investigative team [under a special counsel] yet again [for a case that has already been investigated] is problematic as well.” Prior to making these comments, he also addressed the nation from his presidential office in Yongsan in which he over allegations surrounding him and his wife. “I would like to say I’m so.