South Korea's presidential aides offer to resign en masse amid political crisis

Yoon's chief of staff, policy chief, national security adviser and others tendered their resignation

Demonstrators opposing the court's approval of an arrest warrant for impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol protest outside his official residence in Seoul on Dec. 31, 2024. © Reuters

January 1, 2025 16:51 JST

Updated on January 1, 2025 19:44 JST

SEOUL (Reuters) -- Senior aides to South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol offered to resign en masse on Wednesday, a day after his office expressed regret over acting President Choi Sang-mok's approval of two new judges to a court set to decide Yoon's fate.

Yoon's chief of staff, policy chief, national security adviser and special adviser on foreign affairs and security, as well as all other senior secretaries, tendered their resignation, his office said in a statement, without elaborating.