Defense minister faces growing backlash over military reform plans

South Korea’s defense minister is facing mounting criticism that his military reform plans are more focused on settling political scores than pursuing structural reform.

According to the National Assembly’s public petition system, a petition calling for the impeachment of Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back had drawn more than 92,000 signatures as of Monday, just four days after it was posted on June 18.

Under the Assembly’s petition rules, a public petition that receives at least 50,000 signatures wi ...