Head, Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (during the crisis)
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Arrested and investigated for role in blocking National Assembly access
South Korea just made the quiet part of the 2024 martial-law crisis unmistakably loud: the country's top police officer is out for good. On December 18, 2025, the Constitutional Court removed National Police Agency chief Cho Ji-ho, ruling he helped former President Yoon Suk Yeol's power grab by using police to block lawmakers from reaching the National Assembly floor.
Updated May 15
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