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Choi Byung-hyuk, a retired four-star army general who is currently the South Korean ambassador to Saudi Arabia, was named as Kim’s successor. Kim Yong-hyun, who has resigned as South Korean defense minister, in Washington in October. He did not directly address whether the emergency martial law was his idea, as opposition lawmakers and South Korean media have alleged. Choi Byung-hyuk, a retired army general who is the South Korean ambassador to Saudi Arabia, has been named as Kim’s successor. Though PPP leaders repudiated Yoon’s martial law declaration and have asked him to leave the party, they said the party opposed the impeachment motion.
Persons: Yoon Suk, Yoon, Kim Yong, Choi Byung, ” Chung Jin, Saul Loeb, Kim, , Yoon’s, Jung Yeon, Han Duck, Kurt Campbell, , Antony Blinken, Biden, Stella Kim, Jennifer Jett Organizations: South, Wednesday, AFP, Getty, Emergency Martial Law, National Office of Investigation, National Assembly, Protesters, Democratic Party, Yoon’s People Power Party, Police, U.S, Aspen Strategy, Reuters Locations: SEOUL, South Korea, South Korean, Saudi Arabia, Washington, Seoul, Korean, U.S, Hong Kong
Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesFollowing the recent arrest of its founder in France, Telegram is now facing potential legal troubles in South Korea. Parallels in the casesDurov, the 39-year-old Russian-born billionaire, was arrested by French authorities following a preliminary investigation into Telegram launched on July 8. Similar to South Korea's investigation, French authorities were probing the platform's role in the distribution of pornographic images of minors, as well as facilitating organized crime, drug trafficking and fraud. Telegram's refusal to share information with investigators when required by law has also been noted in the French investigation. Now, in South Korea, they are attracting distributors of deepfake porn.
Persons: Pavel Durov, Durov, Woo Jong, Woo Organizations: Nurphoto, Yonhap News Agency, National Office of Locations: Krakow, Poland, France, South Korea, Russian, U.S, Brazil, Germany
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