

Former President Yoon Suk Yeol (left) and his spouse Kim Keon Hee relaxation with their canines Sunny and Saeromi after a commemorative tree-planting ceremony on the Yongsan Youngsters’s Backyard’s observatory hill, created on the location of a former US navy base in entrance of the presidential workplace in Yongsan, Seoul, in 2023. (Presidential workplace)
SEOUL — Whereas impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol and his spouse Kim Keon Hee are detained, their six canines and 5 cats are reportedly being cared for by Kim’s acquaintances, in keeping with native media stories Sunday.
The 11 pets are staying on the couple’s residence in Seocho-dong, Seoul. Workers from Covana Contents, an artwork exhibition firm run by Kim, alongside along with her acquaintances, are mentioned to go to the home to feed and look after them.
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With each Yoon and Kim detained, the presidential safety workplace is contemplating how one can deal with the pets’ scenario.
Underneath the Presidential Safety Act, the workplace should defend Yoon till April 2035, regardless of his impeachment and arrest. The legislation defines “guard” duties as stopping or eradicating threats to guard the topic’s life and property.
Though Kim’s acquaintances are at the moment taking care of the pets, a lot of them are below investigation by particular prosecutors.
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Even after the couple left their residence at Acrovista in Seoul’s Seocho-gu, safety guards remained stationed there. Nonetheless, their presence shall be step by step scaled again, with solely minimal personnel remaining to observe towards trespassing. /dl