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South Korea: People Protest Outside Parliament, Calling For President Yoon’s Resignation

South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeo declared martial law late on Tuesday, December 3, accusing the opposition of anti-national activities. However, he lifted the order early Wednesday after the National Assembly passed a resolution calling for its removal. After the emergency order was lifted, protesters gathered around the parliament in Yeouido, calling for Yoon's resignation.

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Kim Jong Un with father's hearse

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Jong Un (L front), son of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and his successor, salutes beside the hearse carrying the coffin of the elder Kim in Pyongyang on Dec. 28, 2011. The younger Kim's uncle and presumed guardian Jang Song Thaek (behind Kim Jong Un), a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, and Ri Yong Ho (R), chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army, are also in the photo.

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Kim Jong Un with father's hearse

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Jong Un (C front), son of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and his successor, salutes as he walks beside the hearse carrying the coffin of the elder Kim in Pyongyang on Dec. 28, 2011. The younger Kim's uncle and presumed guardian Jang Song Thaek (behind Kim Jong Un), a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, and Ri Yong Ho (R front), chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army, are also present.

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N. Korea foreign minister returns to Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea, Aug. 11 Kyodo - North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho arrives at Pyongyang international airport on Aug. 11, 2018, following a trip to Singapore and Iran.

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N. Korea's nuclear envoy arrives in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Ri Yong Ho, a vice foreign minister of North Korea, speaks to reporters upon arrival at Changi Airport in Singapore on Jan. 16, 2015. Ri, North Korea's chief nuclear envoy, is scheduled to meet with former senior U.S. diplomats for North Korean negotiations Stephen Bosworth and Joseph DeTrani for two days from Jan. 18.

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N. Korean nuclear envoy heads to Singapore

BEIJING, China - Ri Yong Ho, a North Korean vice foreign minister, is surrounded by reporters at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing on Jan. 16, 2015, as he leaves for Singapore. Ri, North Korea's chief nuclear envoy, is scheduled to meet with former senior U.S. diplomats for North Korean negotiations Stephen Bosworth and Joseph DeTrani for two days from Jan. 18.

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N. Korea's envoy on way to meet with ex-U.S. diplomats

BEIJING, China - Ri Yong Ho, North Korea's chief negotiator for the long-stalled six-party nuclear talks, arrives at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing on Jan. 15, 2015. Ri is likely to fly to Singapore to talk with Stephen Bosworth, former U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, and others for two days from Jan. 18.

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N. Korea's envoy on way to meet with ex-U.S. diplomats

BEIJING, China - Ri Yong Ho, North Korea's chief negotiator for the long-stalled six-party nuclear talks, is surrounded by reporters upon arrival at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing on Jan. 15, 2015. Ri is likely to fly to Singapore to talk with Stephen Bosworth, former U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, and others for two days from Jan. 18.

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N. Korea's envoy

BEIJING, China - Ri Yong Ho, North Korea's chief negotiator for the long-stalled six-party talks, is pictured upon his arrival at Beijing international airport from the Mongolian capital of Ulan Bator on May 26, 2014. Ri said he met with former U.S. government officials, including Joel Wit, a former U.S. State Department official specializing in North Korean issues, during his stay in Mongolia.

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Ex-U.S. state official Wit, senior N. Korean negotiator Ri

TOKYO, Japan - Joel Wit (L), a former U.S. State Department official specializing in North Korean issues, and Ri Yong Ho, Pyongyang's chief negotiator for the long-stalled six-party talks, are seen in this undated photo.

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N. Korean delegation in China

BEIJING, China - Ri Yong Ho, North Korea's chief negotiator at the long-stalled six-party talks, arrives at Beijing airport on Sept. 16, 2013. Ri was visiting the Chinese capital as part of a delegation for a seminar on the six-party talks aimed at ending Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program.

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N. Korean general's sacking linked to standing position

SEOUL, South Korea - The front page of The Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of North Korea's Workers' Party of Korea, dated July 8, 2012, shows Ri Yong Ho (3rd from R, front row), then chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army, standing along the white line on the floor at the same forefront position as the country's leader Kim Jong Un next to him. A South Korean source well versed in North Korean situations says the photo could have been the reason or could have been used as the reason for his sudden removal from all his posts in the party later in July.

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Hyon becomes chief of General Staff of N. Korea army

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Hyon Yong Chol speaks during a gathering of the Korean People's Army in Pyongyang on July 18, 2012. Hyon has replaced Ri Yong Ho as chief of the General Staff of the KPA.

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Hyon becomes chief of General Staff of N. Korea army

TOKYO, Japan - Photo captured from a video image shows Hyon Yong Chol speaking during a gathering of the Korean People's Army in Pyongyang on July 18, 2012. Hyon has replaced Ri Yong Ho as chief of the General Staff of the KPA.

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Hyon becomes chief of General Staff of N. Korea army

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Hyon Yong Chol speaks during a gathering of the Korean People's Army in Pyongyang on July 18, 2012. Hyon has replaced Ri Yong Ho as chief of the General Staff of the KPA.

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N. Korean military chief relieved of all posts

BEIJING, China - Photo shows North Korea's new leader Kim Jong Un (R) talking to Ri Yong Ho, chief of the Korean People's Army General Staff, as they view a military parade in Pyongyang in February 2012, during a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of Kim Jong Il, the country's late leader and father of Kim Jong Un. North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency reported on July 16, 2012, that Ri, known as one of the closest aides of Kim Jong Un, has been removed from all his posts because of illness.

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Kerry requested for visiting North by minister

NEW YORK, United States - U.S. Sen. John Kerry, a Democrat from Massachusetts and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, answers reporters' questions in New York on March 9, 2012, after meeting at a seminar North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho, the country's chief envoy to the six-party talks on the North's denuclearization. South Korea's former Unification Minister Lim Dong Won, who also attended the seminar, said on March 20 that Ho requested Kelly to visit North Korea and that Kelly expressed his intention to accept.

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N. Korea official heads home

BEIJING, China - North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho is at Beijing airport on March 20, 2012, before he heads home. He held talks in Beijing with Wu Dawei, China's special representative for Korean Peninsula affairs.

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N. Korea official heads home

BEIJING, China - North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho (L) is at Beijing airport on March 20, 2012, before he heads home. He held talks in Beijing with Wu Dawei, China's special representative for Korean Peninsula affairs.

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N. Korea envoy in China

BEIJING, China - Ri Yong Ho, North Korea's chief envoy to the six-party talks on the North's denuclearization, answers reporters' questions at Beijing airport on March 19, 2012.

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N. Korean envoy in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Ri Yong Ho, North Korea's chief envoy to the six-party talks on the country's nuclear program, answers reporters' questions in New York on March 12, 2012.

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S. Korean nuclear envoy in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Lim Sung Nam, South Korea's chief delegate to the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program, leaves a seminar, also attended by Ri Yong Ho, his North Korean counterpart in the talks, in New York on March 8, 2012.

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N. Korea official in U.S.

NEW YORK, United States - Ri Yong Ho, North Korea's chief envoy to the six-party talks on the country's nuclear program, arrives in New York on March 6, 2012,

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N. Korea's Kim Kye Gwan returns home

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan (L) arrives at Pyongyang's international airport on Feb. 27, 2012, from Beijing where he held talks with Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, on Feb. 23 to 24. Ri Yong Ho (R), North Korea's chief delegate to the six-party talks on the country's denuclearization, was there to greet Kim.

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Kim Jong Il anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea's new leader Kim Jong Un (R) talks to Ri Yong Ho, chief of the Korean People's Army General Staff, as they view a military parade in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2012, during a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of Kim Jong Il, the country's late leader and father of Kim Jong Un.

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N. Korean leaders mark 70th anniv. of Kim Jong Il's birth

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea's new leader Kim Jong Un (R) and Ri Yong Ho, chief of the Korean People's Army General Staff, applaud while viewing a military parade in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2012, part of a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of Kim Jong Il, the country's late leader and father of Kim Jong Un.

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1st bronze statue of Kim Jong Il

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ri Yong Ho (2nd from R), chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army, and Jang Song Thaek (L), a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, attend a ceremony at which bronze statues of deceased leader Kim Jong Il and his father and state founder Kim Il Sung, riding horses side by side, are unveiled on the grounds of the Mansudae Art Studio in Pyongyang on Feb. 14, 2012. It is the first public statue of the younger Kim.

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2 Koreas divided over terms for restarting 6-party talks

BEIJING, China - North Korea's chief nuclear envoy Ri Yong Ho speaks to reporters after meeting his South Korean counterpart Wi Sung Lac in Beijing on Sept. 21, 2011. South Korean officials said the envoys remained at odds over terms for resuming the six-party talks on the North's nuclear programs.

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2 Koreas divided over terms for restarting 6-party talks

BEIJING, China - South Korea's chief nuclear envoy Wi Sung Lac speaks to reporters after meeting his North Korean counterpart Ri Yong Ho in Beijing on Sept. 21, 2011. South Korean officials said the envoys remained at odds over terms for resuming the six-party talks on the North's nuclear programs.

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North, S. Korea envoys in China

BEIJING, China - Ri Yong Ho, North Korea's chief nuclear envoy, arrives at a Beijing venue on Sept. 21, 2011, for a meeting with his South Korean counterpart Wi Sung Lac.

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North, S. Korea envoys in China

BEIJING, China - Wi Sung Lac, South Korea's chief nuclear envoy, arrives at a Beijing venue on Sept. 21, 2011, for a meeting with his North Korean counterpart Ri Yong Ho.

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S. Korea's nuclear envoy in Beijing

BEIJING, China - South Korea's chief nuclear envoy Wi Sung Lac speaks to reporters after arriving at Beijing Capital International Airport on Sept. 20, 2011, for a meeting with his North Korean counterpart Ri Yong Ho the following day.

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Academic seminar in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (R), Wu Dawei (C), China's special representative for Korean Peninsula affairs, and Ri Yong Ho (L), a North Korean vice foreign minister, attend an academic seminar in Beijing on Sept. 19, 2011. The event, organized by the China Institute of International Studies, was held to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the adoption of a landmark 2005 agreement among six nations over the denuclearization of North Korea.

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North Korea's nuclear envoy

BEIJING, China - Ri Yong Ho, chief nuclear envoy of North Korea, arrives at Beijing airport in China on Sept. 17, 2011.

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2 Koreas hold high-level talks in Bali

NUSA DUA, Indonesia - North Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho (C) is pictured on July 22, 2011, in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, after holding talks there earlier in the day with Wi Sung Lac, South Korea's chief delegate to the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programs.

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2 Koreas hold high-level talks in Bali

NUSA DUA, Indonesia - North Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho (C) speaks with reporters on July 22, 2011, in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali.

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2 Koreas hold high-level talks in Bali

NUSA DUA, Indonesia - Wi Sung Lac (front), South Korea's chief delegate to the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programs, is pictured on July 22, 2011, in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, after holding talks there earlier in the day with North Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho.

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Ex-U.S. President Carter leaves Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (L) and North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho shake hands in Pyongyang on April 28, 2011, as Carter leaves North Korea after his visit aiming to reduce tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Carter told a press conference in Seoul the same day that the North's leader Kim Jong Il expressed his willingness to talk to parties of the six-party nuclear talks about any subject at any time without any preconditions in a message Carter received.

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Kim Jong Un at anniversary event

BEIJING, China - Kim Jong Un (L), North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's 3rd son and the country's leader-in-waiting, and Ri Yong Ho, chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army, watch an event marking the 65th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang in October 2010.

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Kim Jong Un, top general Ri

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Jong Un (L), North Korea's leader-in-waiting, and Ri Yong Ho, chief of the General Staff of the People's Army, salute during a parade at Kim Il Sung Square on Oct. 10, 2010.

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N. Korea generals leave for Cuba

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ri Yong Ho (C), chief of the General Staff of the North Korean people's army, and other generals pose at Pyongyang airport on Oct. 28, 2010, before leaving for Cuba. Ri is seen as a central figure in supporting leader Kim Jong Il's third son and heir apparent Jong Un.

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N. Korea generals leave for Cuba

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ri Yong Ho (C), chief of the General Staff of the North Korean people's army, walks to board an airplane to visit Cuba at Pyongyang airport on Oct. 28, 2010. Ri is seen as a central figure in supporting leader Kim Jong Il's third son and heir apparent Jong Un.

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N. Korean Red Cross officials leave Japan

NARITA, Japan - Ri Ho Rim (R), deputy general secretary of North Korea's Red Cross Society, and his colleague, Pak Yong Nam (L), are surrounded by reporters before their departure from Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Nov. 9. They accompanied five Japanese abductees on their homecoming visit.

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N. Korean Red Cross officials criticize Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Ri Ho Rim, deputy general secretary of North Korea's Red Cross Society, speaks to reporters at a Tokyo hotel before leaving Japan on Nov. 9. Ri, who accompanied five Japanese abductees on a homecoming visit, said he and his colleague, Pak Yong Nam, were completely unable to contact the five in their hometowns in Fukui and Niigata prefectures. ''As we can't contact the five, it is impossible to believe media reports that they are changing their minds (about a permanent return),'' Ri said.

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N. Korea's new foreign minister heads to Laos for overseas debut

Ri Yong Ho, North Korea's new foreign minister, left the international airport in Pyongyang on July 23, 2016, heading for Laos where he is to make his overseas debut at a major security forum. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea's new foreign minister heads to Laos for overseas debut

Ri Yong Ho (L), North Korea's new foreign minister, left the international airport in Pyongyang on July 23, 2016, heading for Laos where he is to make his overseas debut at a major security forum. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korean nuclear chief speaks after meeting ex-U.S. officials

Ri Yong Ho (L), North Korea's chief negotiator for six-party denuclearization talks, speaks to the press in Singapore on Jan. 19, 2015, after unofficially meeting with former U.S. officials. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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CORRECTED: N. Korea foreign minister returns to Pyongyang

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho arrives at Pyongyang international airport on Aug. 11, 2018, following a trip to Singapore and Iran. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 Koreas divided over terms for restarting 6-party talks

BEIJING, China - South Korea's chief nuclear envoy Wi Sung Lac speaks to reporters after meeting his North Korean counterpart Ri Yong Ho in Beijing on Sept. 21, 2011. South Korean officials said the envoys remained at odds over terms for resuming the six-party talks on the North's nuclear programs. (Kyodo)

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2 Koreas divided over terms for restarting 6-party talks

BEIJING, China - North Korea's chief nuclear envoy Ri Yong Ho speaks to reporters after meeting his South Korean counterpart Wi Sung Lac in Beijing on Sept. 21, 2011. South Korean officials said the envoys remained at odds over terms for resuming the six-party talks on the North's nuclear programs. (Kyodo)