Suspended South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will get a scheduled pay raise, despite an impeachment trial and investigation into his ill-fated martial law declaration, official documents showed on Monday.
Yun suspended civilian rule on December 3, sending troops into parliament and plunging South Korea into its worst political crisis in decades. Hours later they were forced to retreat.
He has been impeached by lawmakers and awaits a final Constitutional Court ruling that could finalize his removal from office, while facing a separate rebellion investigation and investigators seeking to detain him for questioning. Demanding to be taken into custody.
However, according to the civil servant salary table for 2025, Yoon was given a raise, even though he is hiding in the presidential residence, using his security detail to resist arrest.
Ministry of Personnel Management documents seen by AFP on Monday indicate Yoon’s salary will rise to 262.6 million won ($178,400) – a three percent increase from last year.
Yoon is only suspended from duty because the impeachment motion is still being deliberated by the Constitutional Court, so he will retain his position as President and will be able to receive his salary and security benefits.
His successor as acting president, Prime Minister Han Duk-soo, who was himself impeached and is now suspended from office, will also receive a three percent salary increase, to ¥203.5 million ($138,350) .
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Yun has refused to meet with prosecutors and investigators probing his martial law declaration, and his Presidential Guard unit repelled an attempt to arrest him after a tense, hours-long standoff this month.
Investigators are preparing to attempt another arrest.
Rival protests for and against Yoon have been held almost daily in the South Korean capital since the crisis began.
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