カテゴリー: Yoon Suk Yeol
Elections set for 3 June after months of political turmoil triggered by Yoon Suk Yeol’s shock declaration of martial law and subsequent impeachmentSouth Korea will hold a presidential election on 3 June, the country’s acting president said on Tuesday, …
Whoever becomes president later this year has unenviable task of healing divisions and rebuilding trust in democratic institutionsIt had been a long and at times intolerable wait. But the South Korean constitutional court’s decision on Friday to oust Y…
Removed president says he is ‘very sorry’ to have not lived up to expectations. This blog is now closedFull report: South Korea president Yoon Suk Yeol removed from officeYoon violated his duty as South Korean commander-in-chief by mobilising troops, s…
South Korea’s constitutional court has upheld the impeachment as president of Yoon Suk Yeol – formally removing him from office four months after he threw the country into turmoil by declaring martial law and sending troops to parliament in an il…
The court said Yoon had ‘committed a grave betrayal of the trust of the people’ over his ill-fated declaration of martial law in DecemberYoon Suk Yeol impeachment – live updatesSouth Korea’s suspended president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has been removed from off…
Barricades go up in Seoul as court prepares to rule on whether to uphold Yoon’s impeachment or restore his powers The usually quiet streets outside South Korea’s constitutional court in Seoul are now a political ground zero for a decision that will det…
South Korea’s Prime Minister Han Duck-soo expressed his gratitude to the constitutional court after it ruled against his impeachment and to restore his role as acting president. When he arrived at the government complex in Seoul, Han said the court had…
South Korea’s Prime Minister Han Duck-soo expressed his gratitude to the constitutional court after it ruled against his impeachment and to restore his role as acting president. When he arrived at the government complex in Seoul, Han said the court had…
The ruling is the latest twist in months of political turmoil since suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law declaration last yearSouth Korea’s constitutional court has ruled against the impeachment of the country’s prime minister, Han Duck-soo,…
The ruling is the latest twist in months of political turmoil since suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law declaration last yearSouth Korea’s constitutional court has ruled against the impeachment of the country’s prime minister, Han Duck-soo,…
Both supporters of Yoon Suk Yeol and those who backed his impeachment rallied in Seoul ahead of his releaseSouth Korea’s impeached conservative president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has been released from prison, a day after a Seoul court cancelled his arrest to a…
Yoon Suk Yeol has been released from a detention centre a day after the Seoul central district court accepted Yoon’s petition to cancel his custody. The impeached president was greeted by more than 50,000 supporters in the capital while a counter-prote…
Ahead of his potential release, police and supporters of the impeached president were seen gathering around the presidential residence in SeoulA South Korean court has cancelled President Yoon Suk Yeol’s detention warrant, paving the way for his potent…
Lawyers for impeached South Korean president who caused chaos argue that court has no jurisdiction to put him on trial for ‘act of governance’Lawyers for Yoon Suk Yeol have told a court in Seoul that the impeached president declared martial law in late…
Yoon Suk Yeol faces insurrection charges and an impeachment trial that his backers dismiss as a communist conspiracy linked to China and North KoreaOutside a detention centre on the outskirts of Seoul, protesters gather daily in prayer circles.“Let a m…