South Korea Top Prosecutor Resigns in Clash With President Moon
- Prosecutor General Yoon says rule of law being destroyed
- Simmering fight with Yoon has damaged Moon’s government
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South Korea’s top prosecutor resigned in protest against President Moon Jae-in’s policy to strip the office of investigative powers, in a move could impact the country’s presidential election in a year’s time.
Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl, whose public support has risen in the simmering battle with Moon over prosecutorial powers, told reporters on Thursday at the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office in Seoul that he was stepping down. Moon’s ruling party is pushing to form a new state agency that would strip prosecutors of much of their investigative powers.