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Yoon Suk Yeol in 2022. South Korea has been governed as a presidential democracy under the 1987 constitution, which provides for a strong independent executive.As a result, presidents can only be removed by a difficult impeachment process, rather than a simple vote of no confidence.
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.
Supporters of Yoon confront the police, as authorities make a second attempt to arrest the impeached South Korean President, in Seoul on Jan. 15, 2025. Daniel Ceng—Anadolu/Getty Images
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.
On 3 December 2024, at 10:27 pm Korea Standard Time (KST), Yoon Suk Yeol, the president of South Korea, declared martial law during a televised address. In his declaration, Yoon accused the Democratic Party (DPK), which has a majority in the National Assembly, of conducting "anti-state activities" and collaborating with "North Korean communists" to destroy the country, thereby creating a ...
President Yoon Suk Yeol, foreground, with wife Kim Keon-hee at an official event in Daegu, South Korea, in June. The Constitutional Court now has 180 days to rule on his impeachment.
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 ...
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean authorities arrested impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday over insurrection allegations, with the embattled leader saying he agreed to comply with what he ...