South Korea’s Constitutional Court docket on Friday got rid of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday, 4 months after he declared martial regulation, sending the East Asian nation into turmoil.
The court docket issued its verdict greater than 3 months after the opposition-controlled Nationwide Meeting voted to question him.
SOUTH KOREAN PM HAN DUCK-SOO REINSTATED AS ACTING PRESIDENT AFTER IMPEACHMENT OVERTURNED
South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, attends the fourth listening to of his impeachment trial over his short-lived imposition of martial regulation on the Constitutional Court docket in Seoul, South Korea, Jan.23, 2025. (Jeon Heon Kyun/Pool Photograph by means of AP)
South Korea will have to grasp a countrywide election inside two months to discover a new president.
Yoon’s short-lived martial regulation declaration on Dec. 3 lasted most effective six hours earlier than the liberal opposition-controlled legislature temporarily voted it down.
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