[This is the news] Lock the door and do a live broadcast.the presidential aides who returned without knowing what was going on.

President Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of an emergency decree late at night on the 3rd was so sudden that even several aides in the presidential office did not know the contents until just before the announcement.

The situation inside and outside the presidential office is said to have changed rapidly after 9 p.m. on the 3rd.

Before this time, some presidential aides were spending private time after work or stayed in the office to work overtime, but they did not seem to have recognized that President Yoon would make a statement late at night.

Then, around 9:30 p.m., rumors began to circulate that "President Yoon could directly express his position on the impeachment of the chairman of the Board of Audit and Inspection and the prosecution of the Democratic Party of Korea and the sole handling of the budget reduction plan."

From this point on, all officials in the presidential office closed their mouths, with reporters continuing to contact the presidential office to confirm the facts, but all of them refused to receive them or said they had "no idea."

Some aides rushed back to the president's office after receiving an urgent call from President Yoon during dinner, but they reportedly moved without knowing that there was an emergency statement as well as the declaration of martial law.

Reporters from the presidential office who left work to identify and respond to the urgent situation at the site also returned to the Yongsan building one after another.

At 9:50, only messages were reportedly shared among broadcasters saying, "We have an emergency government announcement, so please connect to the broadcast."

Many reporters gathered in front of the briefing room in the presidential office, which would be the place if President Yoon announced his statement, but the door was locked and it was impossible to enter.

The live broadcast of President Yoon's emergency statement began at 10:23 p.m. without information, and reporters from the presidential office had to watch the live broadcast of Yoon's statement on air.President

Yoon got up again with the document envelope he had prepared after declaring an emergency martial law through a statement announcement and immediately left.

Since access to the briefing room, the venue of the discourse, was restricted, reporters were not able to actually face President Yoon, and the full text of Yoon's statement was distributed to the media at 11 p.m. and the photo taken by the exclusive article at 11:09 p.m.



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