{"id":252825,"date":"2026-03-24T18:55:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T09:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/uncategorized\/2026\/03\/24\/12-12-military-coup-10-high\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T16:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T07:32:11","slug":"12-12-military-coup-10-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/military\/2026\/03\/24\/12-12-military-coup-10-high\/","title":{"rendered":"12\u00b712 Military Coup: Why 10 High-Ranking Officers Lost Their Medals in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Translation result<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/03\/CP-2022-0006\/image-35b3ff1e-45fa-4445-a4be-b85ab707bc18.jpeg\" alt=\"&nbsp;News1 Heo Kyung\" \/><figcaption>&nbsp;News1 Heo Kyung<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>President Lee Jae-myung said on the 24th that \\&#8221;it&#8217;s unthinkable for those who participated in an insurrection to be awarded medals,\\&#8221; and he praised the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs and the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.<\/p>\n<p>That afternoon, he shared on X (formerly Twitter) a report saying the military merit medals of 10 people involved in the Dec. 12 military coup had been revoked.<\/p>\n<p>At a cabinet meeting at the Blue House that day, the government approved canceling the Chungmu Military Merit Medals that had been awarded to 10 key participants in the Dec. 12 coup. The list included former Army Chief of Staff Kim Jin-young, who had served as commander of the Capital Defense Command&#8217;s security unit.<\/p>\n<p>A Defense Ministry official said a full review of service records and counterintelligence operation logs concluded the awards were granted despite no combat achievements and were therefore based on false merits. 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