Posted on 04/04/2025 12:11:11 AM PDT by Libloather
South Korea’s Constitutional Court on Friday removed impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, four months after he declared martial law, sending the East Asian country into turmoil.
The court issued its verdict more than three months after the opposition-controlled National Assembly voted to impeach him.
South Korea must hold a national election within two months to find a new president. Surveys show Lee Jae-myung, leader of the main liberal opposition Democratic Party, is the early favorite to become the country's next president.
Yoon’s declaration on Dec. 3 lasted only six hours before the liberal opposition-controlled legislature quickly voted it down.
The president had sent hundreds of soldiers and police officers to the National Assembly. He argued that he was trying to maintain order, but senior military and police officers sent there later told hearings and investigators that Yoon ordered them to drag out lawmakers to prevent an assembly vote on his decree.
Though short-lived, Yoon's declaration and the subsequent impeachment plunged the country into political turmoil, with millions taking to the streets to denounce or support him.
The National Assembly voted to impeach Yoon on Dec. 14, accusing him of violating the constitution and other laws by suppressing assembly activities, attempting to detain politicians, and undermining peace across the country.
In a nationally televised verdict, the court's acting chief, Moon Hyung-bae, said the eight-member bench upheld Yoon's impeachment because his martial law decree violated the constitution and other laws.
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Is the CCP now running SoKor?
Koreans are an angry people.
“Koreans are an angry people.”
I doonoo. The ones that I ran into while they were here >20 years ago sucking up all of the documentation on how to produce automotive components seemed happy [though pushy] enough.
I find KIAs to look pretty good these days, but I hope I am done buying new vehicles. [Leasing new, gas only, F-150s 2 yr. at a time not withstanding.]
So, the lieyahs are running [ruining] another country this year?
pretty much, sounds like
“Yesterday, Lee Jae-myung threatened “mass bloodshed” and “chaos” if the Constitutional Court reinstates President Yoon Suk Yeol: https://hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/1190064.html. The leftists are planning to destabilize South Korea and end its democracy.” - Gordon Chang on ‘X’ 3 days ago
Bring our troops home.
This is good, right? This was the CCP-aligned guy?
I have an amazing LG TV. Watching one of those BBC nature discs on a 4K player you’d think that the giraffes are in the living room with you. And I really like my Samsung phone. But Korean cars are still unreliable...far less reliable than Toyota,Honda,etc.
Bring the troops home and all of Korea would be a Chinese colony within days.
My girlfriend’s Korean American. As a result I’ve learned quite a bit about Korean history...particularly its history over the last 100 years. Given that history I’d say that Koreans have good reason to be angry.
I’m not sure I care about that.
I thought the ones impeaching were the CCP and that this guy was anti-CCP.
Oh, thanks, sorry. So bad news.
Sounds more like the NORKs influence - I was stationed there in the mid 80s and the biggest problems we had were NORK “college students”, holding protests outside our main gate.
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