"The great leader Yoon Suk-yeol reportedly said that martial law is 'nothing special once you actually try it.'"

Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Song Mi-ryeong appeared as a witness in former Prime Minister Han Deok-soo's trial on charges of civil war on the 10th and testified that former President Yoon Suk Yeol said it was nothing if he tried it on the day of martial law.

The Seoul Central District Court's Criminal Agreement Department 33 (Chief Judge Lee Jin-kwan) held a trial date earlier in the day for former Prime Minister Han, who is accused of assisting the head of the insurrection.
Minister Song, who appeared as a witness, testified that former President Yoon Suk Yeol said about martial law, "It's not a big deal at all," and "It's nothing."
Minister Song explained that when he arrived at Gimpo Airport after the event in Ulsan on December 3 last year, the day of martial law, Kang-gu, a former deputy chief of the presidential office, should come to the presidential office now.
Since then, Minister Song testified that former Prime Minister Han said several times, such as whether he was coming by phone at around 9:37 p.m., and whether he could come a little sooner. He also said that former Prime Minister Han had never made a phone call to encourage people to attend the meeting before.

After arriving at the presidential office's hospitality room, Minister Song testified that he asked former Minister of Public Administration and Security Lee Sang-min about the situation and learned about the situation after hearing the answer that it was martial law.
Regarding the pros and cons of martial law, Minister Song said, "I was all thinking against it." Regarding the situation at the time, Choi Sang-mok, former deputy prime minister for economy and minister of strategy and finance, told former Prime Minister Han that he was opposed to martial law, saying, "Are you going to end your 50-year public life like this?" and Han replied, "I disagree, too."

On the situation in which former Prime Minister Han or former Minister Lee recommended the State Council members to sign after the declaration of martial law, Minister Song testified, "I told former Prime Minister Han that it would be difficult to sign." At the time, former Minister Choi also testified, "I can do the work. I can't sign it."

On the day of martial law, Minister Song said, "I am so sorry to the people that this situation has occurred, and I consistently think that it is not a cabinet meeting," adding, "The president came and said something close to notification for two to three minutes, and then went out and declared martial law."
Minister Song testified, "If I knew it would have been such a situation, of course I wouldn't have gone," adding, "We didn't even have a chance to present our opinion on the pros and cons or the situation."
"I felt helpless and incompetent because there was nothing I could do," he added. "I was called to fill my head and sat down and came out, so I felt mobilized as a result."

The court plans to continue the process, including investigation of documents, in the afternoon after the interrogation of Minister Song's witnesses earlier in the day.
Former Prime Minister Han was indicted on charges of aiding and abetting former President Yoon's act of rebellion without fulfilling his constitutional obligation to prevent him from acting as a prime minister at the time of emergency martial law. There is also a charge of perjury to the effect that he did not recognize the declaration of martial law by appearing as a witness at the Constitutional Court's hearing on former President Yoon's impeachment trial.
Song Min-kyung (lawyer) Reporter (mksong@mt.co.kr )

According to testimony given in the National Assembly by Song Mi-ryeong, who attended the cabinet meeting at the time and continues to serve as a minister under the current administration, it appears that martial law was, to the bold insurrectionist Yoon Suk-yeol, nothing of consequence.
As someone directly involved, she may have reason to downplay the events, but exaggeration seems unlikely. Her account stands as the most credible testimony to date.
It seems Yoon refrained from declaring martial law not out of legal or moral restraint, but from a reluctance to reveal the full extent of his greatness to the world. Perhaps he feared that once unveiled, his brilliance would demand a new form of governance—rule by philosopher-king.
If only he would reconsider and share the truth of that moment with the public, we might finally begin to realize such enlightened rule.
Let his wife be free to pursue her own love, and let Yoon, the supreme leader, complete his world by honestly disclosing his achievements.