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How the Impeachment of South Korea’s President Works
South Korea’s parliament passed a motion on Dec. 14 to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol for a short-lived imposition of martial law that lawmakers judged violated the constitution. The vote started a process that could take months to unfold. Yoon survived an impeachment vote on Dec. 7 when members of his conservative People Power Party boycotted the proceedings and prevented a quorum. This time around, there were enough PPP lawmakers who took part for the vote to happen and they gave the united opposition the crucial ballots needed to obtain...
South Korea’s President Faces New Impeachment Vote
Yoon Suk Yeol, the embattled president of South Korea, faces a second parliamentary vote to impeach him on Saturday, with the opposition and protesters demanding more ruling party lawmakers abandon support for their leader over his short-lived martial law decree. Mr. Yoon faces impeachment on charges including insurrection, 11 days after he sent military troops into the legislature, triggering national outrage and plunging the country into political turmoil. His attempt to place his country under military rule for the first time in 45 years lasted only six hours. The opposition...
South Korea's president says he'll fight impeachment 'until the very last minute'
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South Korea's ruling party leader now favors impeaching President Yoon
SEOUL -- The leader of South Korea's ruling conservative People Power Party said he is now in favor of impeaching President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived declaration of martial law, telling reporters "there is no other way," during a briefing Thursday. One week ago, ruling party leader Han Dong-hoon suggested similar action against the president, stating that "prompt suspension of his duties is necessary." But those intentions were, in part, waylaid by a motion of impeachment that had already been initiated by the opposition party. When that motion moved...