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Yoon's impeachment became the eighth impeachment case in 2024 alone received by the court – the highest number in a single year in South Korean history. [85] The impeachment motion was submitted to the court on 14 December 2024, and proceedings began on 16 December, [86] with the court calling the case a "top priority". [87]
Yoon Kab-keun, a lawyer for the impeached president, said the arrest warrant was illegal and invalid because the CIO did not have the authority under South Korean law to request a warrant.
A court in Seoul has extended the time South Korea's impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol will be detained over his botched attempt to impose martial law in the country last month. Citing concerns ...
14 December: Mr Yoon is impeached by the parliament with the support of 204 of the 300 lawmakers in the one-chamber parliament. At least 12 PPP members vote to impeach.
A South Korean court approved arrest warrants on Tuesday to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol and search his office and residence amid a criminal investigation into his martial law decree.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol, photographed in the Philippines on Oct. 7, 2024. Credit - Ezra Acayan—Getty Images. I t’s the end of a standoff that had veered from the bizarre to the ...
Mr Yoon is the second conservative president in a row to be impeached in South Korea. Park Geun-hye was removed from office in 2017. Park Geun-hye was removed from office in 2017.
The trial, which must conclude within 180 days from the date of Yoon's impeachment, could take months to resolve. If the court decides to remove Yoon from office, a presidential election must be ...