Lee vows to address unresolved 'acts of insurrection' ahead of 1st anniversary of martial law bid

President Lee Jae Myung / Yonhap

President Lee Jae Myung said Monday that unresolved "acts of insurrection" tied to last year's martial law bid must be fully addressed to prevent its recurrence ahead of the first anniversary of the martial law attempt.

Lee made the remark on X, formerly Twitter, as he posted a news article suggesting that South Korean troops had sent leaflets toward North Korea first before the North released its own.

"We were on the brink of war, and it was the people of the great Republic of Korea who prevented it," Lee said.

"(They) attempted to start a war under the pretext of martial law, going so far as ordering troops to send the balloons toward the North," he said, warning that if such acts of insurrection are left unaddressed they will "inevitably resurface someday."

Lee's post comes two days before the first anniversary of former President Yoon Suk Yeol's failed martial law declaration.