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South Korea's President Yoon Not Impeached, but His End Is Nigh

Dec 9, 2024 | 22:18 GMT

South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol declares martial law on Dec. 3, 2024, in Seoul, South Korea.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol declares martial law on Dec. 3, 2024, in Seoul, South Korea.

(South Korean Presidential Office via Getty Images)

Though South Korea's president survived an impeachment vote following his failed martial law bid, legal, social and political pressures will likely force him out of office in the coming months, bringing a liberal president to power who would pursue pro-labor policies and reorient South Korea's ties with China, North Korea, Japan and the United States. On Dec. 7, President Yoon Suk Yeol survived a vote in South Korea's National Assembly to impeach him over his brief declaration of martial law from Dec. 3-4. Only three lawmakers from Yoon's People Power Party, or PPP, joined the opposition to vote yes, while the rest of the PPP lawmakers boycotted the vote, leaving the final tally five shy of the necessary 200 votes. On Dec. 8, PPP head Han Dong-hun and Prime Minister Han Duck-soo pledged in a public address to restore political stability by seeking an ''early'' and ''orderly'' resignation for Yoon,...

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