Yoon Suk Yeol's chief bodyguard resigns

Park Jong-joon, head of the Presidential Security Service and President Yoon Suk Yeol's chief bodyguard, appears for questioning at the police's National Office of Investigation headquarters in Seoul on Friday (Jan 10, 2025). - Photo: Yonhap

SEOUL: President Yoon Suk Yeol's chief bodyguard, Park Jong-joon, submitted his letter of resignation Friday (Jan 10) before appearing at the police for questioning for allegedly obstructing officials from the joint investigation team from carrying out a court-ordered warrant to arrest suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol.

Choi Sang-mok, acting president and deputy prime minister, has accepted Park's resignation, his office announced Friday.