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South Korea's Constitutional Court ruled unanimously on Friday to uphold the impeachment of President Yoon Suk-yeol for his decision last December to invoke a short-lived martial law order , triggering a political crisis. Welcome back to World Brief, where we're looking at the removal of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol from power, the global economic fallout of U.S.
reciprocal tariffs , and an expanded Israeli military operation in Gaza. Welcome back to World Brief, where we're looking at the removal of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol from power, the global economic fallout of U.S.
reciprocal tariffs, and an expanded Israeli military operation in Gaza. Sign up to receive World Brief in your inbox every weekday. Yoon Removed as South Korean President South Korea's Constitutional Court ruled unanimously on Friday to uphold the impeachment of President Yoon Suk-yeol for his decision last December to invoke a short-lived martial law order, triggering a political crisis.
Yoon is guilty of "violating the constitutional order" and "betraying the people's trust," said Moon Hyung-bae, the acting president of the Constitutional Court. "He violated his duty to unite the society as the president of all the people, beyond just his own supporters." "I am regretful and sorry that I could not live up to your expectations," Yoon said in response to the ruling, with his People Power Party adding that it "seriously and humbly accepts" the decision.
Yoon is the country's second conservative president in a row to be ousted by impeachment, after then-President Park Geun-hye in 2017. On Dec. 3, 2024, Yoon ordered South Korean troops to seize the National Assembly, accusing the opposition of being "anti-state forces" that sought to paralyze the government by repeatedly trying to oust his top officials.
It was the first time that a South Korean leader had used the military as a political tool since the country democratized in 1987. The revolt was blocked within six..
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