A high-profile North Korean defector told South Korean lawmakers that the massive protests that led to the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye still feel strange to him but he sees the demonstrations as the country’s strength.
Thae Yong Ho, the former North Korean deputy ambassador to London, said in a closed-door briefing to lawmakers that he was impressed with the South’s democracy because its government continued to function despite the protests, according to the office of Lee Cheol Woo, one of the legislators who attended the event.
Thae also saw as remarkable that powerful individuals linked to the scandal that brought down Park were grilled by lawmakers on live TV, Lee’s office said.
South Korea’s opposition-controlled parliament on December 9 voted to impeach Park over the corruption scandal that saw millions of people protest in past weeks. The impeachment suspended Park’s powers and pushed the prime minister into the role as government caretaker until the country’s Constitutional Court decides whether she should permanently step down or be reinstated.
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