Overview
- Lt. Gen. Kwak Jong-keun testified that Yoon named Han Dong-hoon and others and said, “Bring them before me” and “I’ll shoot them dead if I must,” during an Oct. 1, 2024 dinner at the presidential residence.
- Prosecutors say the dinner included former defense minister Kim Yong-hyun and former commanders Yeo In-hyung and Lee Jin-woo, while Yoon describes it as an informal encouragement gathering not meant for state discussions.
- Yoon has resumed attending his insurrection trial after four months away following a July arrest, and he argues prior military deployments to the National Assembly were to maintain public order.
- Yoon’s lawyers deny Kwak’s account, question his shifting statements, and cite timing records from Dec. 3–4 to argue an order to remove lawmakers came from a brigadier general, not Yoon.
- Prosecutors continue presenting a timeline that links a June 17, 2024 meeting with generals described as loyal to Yoon to the Dec. 3 martial law plan, as Han Dong-hoon says he is grief-stricken by the testimony.