Following the National Assembly’s approval of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment motion on Saturday, a German newspaper mistakenly captioned a photo of People Power Party (PPP) lawmaker Ahn Cheol Soo as “President Yoon Suk Yeol.”
According to political sources on Monday, an X user posted an article from Munich’s local newspaper, Munich Mercury, stating that it had spotted a mistake. The article, reported from Seoul, was titled “President Yoon’s Travel Ban” and noted that the Ministry of Justice had imposed a travel ban on Yoon as South Korea’s national crisis deepened.
The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) requested a travel ban for Yoon on December 9, which the Ministry of Justice immediately imposed. This is the first time in South Korean history that a sitting president has been known to face such restrictions.
However, the photo accompanying the article depicted Ahn rather than Yoon. The caption below the image incorrectly stated, “South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol.”
Notably, Ahn is one of only three members of the PPP who participated in both the first and second impeachment motion votes against Yoon.
Unlike most of his party colleagues who left the National Assembly during the first impeachment vote, Ahn was the only member who remained present throughout the proceedings. He was also one of the seven party members who publicly declared his support for impeachment before the second vote.
