The Long Reach of the Gavel: Parliament Extends the Probe into Yoon and His Wife

A legislative committee voted to give special counsel more time to investigate the former first couple, a move that lengthens the legal shadow over a presidency already defined by historic convictions.

The machinery of accountability in South Korea moves slowly, and then all at once. A parliamentary committee voted on Thursday to extend the special counsel investigation into former President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife, Kim Keon Hee, ensuring that the legal reckoning of a collapsed presidency will stretch deeper into the calendar [1]. The bill now advances through the legislature, granting investigators the one commodity they have consistently lacked: time.

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