{"id":2469645,"date":"2025-08-01T12:49:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T16:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ousted-president-of-south-korea-mounts-underwear-protest\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T12:51:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T16:51:33","slug":"ousted-president-of-south-korea-mounts-underwear-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ousted-president-of-south-korea-mounts-underwear-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Ousted president of South Korea mounts underwear protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fousted-president-of-south-korea-mounts-underwear-protest%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2469645&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is resisting interrogation by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/six-things-trumps-attorney-was-ordered-to-testify-on\/\" title=\"Six things Trump&#039;s attorney was ordered to testify on\">special counsel investigators<\/a> by lying down in his underwear and refusing to cooperate. The investigators attempted to question Yoon under an arrest warrant related to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >influence-peddling allegations<\/a>. During the process, Yoon removed most of his clothing and resisted detention, leading officials to temporarily suspend enforcement of the warrant due to safety concerns. Yoon&#8217;s attorney criticized the public focus on his clothing as an attempt to humiliate the former president, especially given the high temperatures in the detention facility. Yoon was initially arrested in january after a failed attempt to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberals-beware-patriots-are-just-getting-started-attorney-lin-wood-calls-on-president-trump-to-impose-martial-law-in-7-states-confiscate-dominion-machines\/\" title=\"\u201cLiberals Beware \u2013 Patriots Are Just Getting Started\u201d \u2013 Attorney Lin Wood Calls on ... Trump to Impose Martial Law in 7 States, Confiscate Dominion Machines\">impose martial law<\/a>, released in March due to procedural issues, but rearrested soon after amid concerns he might destroy evidence. He was impeached and suspended in December, with the Constitutional Court later upholding his impeachment. The article also mentions a separate economic deal between South korea and the U.S. involving tariff reductions and significant investments.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Ousted South Korea president protests interrogation by laying flat in his underwear, refusing to move<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2191288\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/south-korea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">South Korean<\/a> President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3466955\/south-korea-president-arrested-for-coup-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Yoon Suk Yeol<\/a> is refusing to cooperate with investigators by taking off his clothes and refusing to move.<\/p>\n<p>Special counsel investigators, fulfilling an arrest warrant on allegations of influence-peddling&nbsp;by Yoon, attempted to coax the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3429484\/lee-jae-myung-wins-south-korea-election-replace-deposed-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">former leader<\/a> into voluntary questioning on Friday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3488512\/el-salvador-indefinite-presidential-reelection-bukele-extends-terms\/\">El Salvador approves indefinite presidential reelection and extends terms to six years<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3487318\/muslims-behead-catholics-church-attack-congo-legacy-media\/\">If Muslims behead Catholics in a church, does it make a sound with legacy media?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3487745\/witkoff-huckabee-gaza-inspection-food-centers-starvation\/\">Huckabee and Witkoff to inspect Gaza food centers amid starvation reports<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Without wearing his prison uniform, the suspect lay down on the floor and strongly resisted his detention,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/south-koreas-ex-leader-yoon-lay-floor-cell-refused-be-questioned-prosecutors-say-2025-08-01\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-special-counsels-office-is-investigating-the-2016-dnc-server-hack\/\" title=\"Exclusive: Special Counsel\u2019s Office Is Investigating The 2016 DNC Server Hack\">assistant special counsel<\/a> Oh Jeong-hee in a video briefing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, center, arrives at a court to attend a hearing to review his arrest warrant requested by special prosecutors in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (Kim Hong-Ji\/Pool Photo via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Due to concerns over safety incidents, physical force was withheld, and the execution of the warrant was temporarily suspended,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Minister Jung Sung-ho also told lawmakers that Yoon stripped down to his undershirt and underwear while refusing questioning, then dressed himself in the prison uniform after they relented.<\/p>\n<p>Yoon&rsquo;s attorney, Yu Jeong-hwa, rebuked the officials&rsquo; comments, saying that they were unfairly scrutinizing the former president&rsquo;s clothing choice in a hot facility as an attempt to attack his dignity.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The special counsel turned what should have been a press briefing into a stage for personal humiliation,&rdquo; Yoon&rsquo;s lawyer Yoo Jeong-hwa <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/live-news\/20250801-south-korea-s-yoon-resists-questioning-by-lying-in-underwear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">told<\/a> <em>Agence France-Presse<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What kind of legal institution in a civilized country gives a real-time report and commentary to journalists on a detainee&rsquo;s clothing, especially in a cramped cell nearing 40 degrees [Celsius] [104 degrees Fahrenheit]?&rdquo; the attorney added.<\/p>\n<p>Yoon was arrested in January following his failed attempt to impose martial law on the nation. He was released in March on a technicality after the Seoul Central District Court found the agency that detained him had no authority to investigate insurrection.<\/p>\n<p>The former president was rearrested last month, with special prosecutor Cho Eun-suk claiming that he could attempt to destroy evidence in the case.<\/p>\n<p>During his brief martial law period, Yoon threatened to arrest his political opponents, whom he claimed were &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-korean-president-declares-martial-law-suspends-parliament\/\" title=\"...n ... Declares Martial Law, Suspends Parliament\">anti-state&#038;rdquo<\/a>; actors and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/north-korea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">North Korean sympathizers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He was impeached and suspended from office in December, and the Constitutional Court of South Korea upheld his impeachment in April.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea struck a $450 billion deal with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">President Donald Trump<\/a> on Wednesday to &ldquo;buy down&rdquo; U.S. tariffs from 25% to 15%.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/3487112\/trump-450-billion-dollar-deal-south-korea-tariffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">TRUMP ANNOUNCES $450 BILLION DEAL WITH SOUTH KOREA TO &lsquo;BUY DOWN&rsquo; US-IMPOSED TARIFFS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The East Asian country is giving the United States $350 billion &ldquo;for Investments owned and controlled by the United States&rdquo; and will buy an additional $100 billion of U.S. energy products.<\/p>\n<p>South Korean President Lee Jae Myung says the deal &ldquo;will play a role in facilitating the active entry of Korean companies into the U.S. market in industries where we have strengths, such as shipbuilding, semiconductors, secondary batteries, biotechnology, and energy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2191288\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2191288\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-president Yoon protests interrogation by lying still in underwear<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3468,"featured_media":2469646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AP25190198274803-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3669,4542,34188],"class_list":["post-2469645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-president","tag-protest","tag-south-korea"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AP25190198274803-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2469645"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2469649,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469645\/revisions\/2469649"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2469646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2469645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2469645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2469645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}