From the "bone prosecutor" to the president to the impeachment crisis.

[Anchor]
President Yoon Suk Yeol has risen from a "rigid prosecutor" investigating living power to a presidential position after serving as the head of the prosecution.

But now, with more than two years left in his term, he faces impeachment for treason.

Reporter Hwang Bo-yeon reports.

[Reporter]
President Yoon Suk Yeol's name was imprinted during the NIS comment manipulation incident in 2013.President Yoon called for proper investigation of the NIS and the Ministry of National Defense at the time,
He was demoted from the head of the comment case investigation team to the head of Yeoju branch.

However, he appeared at the National Assembly Judiciary Committee's National Audit Office and made a strong impression as a "steel inspection" by revealing the fact of external pressure.

[Yoon Suk Yeol / Prosecutor at the time (October 2013): I'm saying this again today because I'm not loyal to people]

In 2016, as the "Choi Soon-sil gate" emerged in the late Park Geun Hye administration, President Yoon joined Park Young-soo's independent counsel team and led the investigation that drew attention.

[Yoon Suk Yeol / Choi Soon-sil, then head of the special investigation team on state affairs (December 2016): (Some talk about retaliation?) If a prosecutor retaliates with the right to investigate, is it a gangster or a prosecutor?]

Since then, he has been successful as the head of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office and the prosecutor general in the Kim Moon Jae In administration, but

He clashed with the government leading the investigation of former Justice Minister Cho Kuk and quickly emerged as a presidential candidate for the conservative camp.

He then rose to the presidency just eight months after he became a presidential candidate and began politics by beating then ruling party candidate Lee Jae-myung by a close margin.

[Yoon Suk Yeol / President (Inauguration Address, May, 2022): I will rebuild this country as the true owner of the people based on liberal democracy and market economy..]

However, his approval rating fell due to conflicts with Lee Joon-seok and his image of lack of communication, and the fact that he had an interaction with Kim Gun-hee and political broker Myung Tae-kyun erupted and crashed.

In addition, he repeated the "strong-to-strong" confrontation with the right to demand reconsideration of the passage of the large opposition-led bill, and even left the self-imposed declaration of martial law, which most members of the State Council oppose.

[Yoon Suk Yeol / President: I declare an emergency decree to defend the Republic of Korea against the threat of North Korean communist forces, to eradicate the shameless pro-North Korean anti-national forces that are looting the freedom and happiness of our people, and to protect the free constitutional order.]

Earlier, the two former presidents Roh Moo-hyun and Park Geun-hye's reasons for voting on the impeachment bill were the violation of political neutrality obligations and the manipulation of state affairs, but President Yoon was subject to impeachment and investigation at the same time on the heavier charges of rebellion.

I'm YTN Hwang Bo Yeon.