Defense ministry to dismantle counterintelligence command involved in martial law bid
The defense ministry will disband the Defense Counterintelligence Command embroiled in former President Yoon Suk Yeol's 2024 botched martial law bid, officials said Thursday, in what marks the command's dissolution after 49 years. The command is suspected of having played a key role in Yoon's short-lived martial law imposition in December 2024, with its former commander standing trial for allegedly deploying troops to the National Assembly and the National Election Commission on the night of the martial law attempt. "We have advised for the constructive dismantling of the Defense Counterintelligence Command and transferring or removing its existing functions, such as security investigation, counterintelligence and security audit," Hong Hyun-ik, the chief of a special committee tasked with reforming the command, said in a briefing. The committee, comprising military, government and civilian officials, advised the military to establish a new organization specialized in securing counterintelligence, counterterrorism and arms industry intelligence, Hong said. It also called for installing aWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times
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