"President Yoon Seok-yeol" Instagram Frozen... Overflowing Comment Section

Last Post on the Summit with the Kyrgyz Republic
"Rebel Leader" Criticism to "Handle It Well" Support

President Yoon Suk-yeol has remained silent on all matters following the 'December 3 Emergency Martial Law Incident,' while comments from netizens are flooding the president's official social media accounts.

President Yoon Suk-yeol. Yoon Suk-yeol Instagram

On the 11th, on one of President Yoon's official social media accounts, Instagram, no new posts have been uploaded since the last post on December 3, which was about the summit meeting with the Kyrgyz Republic.

However, comments on President Yoon's SNS remain open. As a result, netizens have flocked to the president's SNS to flood it with critical comments condemning the martial law incident. As of 9 p.m. that day, the most recent post?a photo of President Yoon and Sadyr Japarov, President of the Kyrgyz Republic, at their summit meeting?had over 9,600 likes and more than 13,400 comments.

President Yoon Suk-yeol's Instagram account profile screen. Yoon Suk-yeol Instagram

Most netizens harshly criticized with comments such as "You saw the people as dogs and pigs," "Traitor Yoon Suk-yeol," "Just tell us if it’s true that you caused an insurrection after watching fake news on YouTube," "You are the biggest risk to the Republic of Korea," "You will pay the price for shooting at the people," "Arbitrary politics," and "Are you still drunk?" However, some responses defended him, saying, "Handle this well," "You are still the president, so refrain from harsh criticism," "Wasn't there a reason you had no choice but to impose martial law?" and "Shouldn't we hope for the government’s success somehow?"

Meanwhile, on the 11th, the Emergency Martial Law Special Investigation Unit of the National Police Agency attempted to search the presidential office but failed after about eight hours of negotiations. The presidential office agreed to submit the necessary materials voluntarily. A police official stated at around 7:43 p.m. that "We fully explained the seriousness of the matter and the president’s direct involvement, and strongly requested to enter the presidential office and other locations to conduct the search ourselves, but the presidential office refused, citing official and military secrets as reasons for not allowing direct entry." The official also expressed regret, saying, "We only received a very small portion of the materials we sought to secure through the search warrant."