South Korea’s president, Yoon Suk Yeol, facing impeachment after martial law shock

Opposition parties submit motion to impeach Yoon after his shock bid to put South Korea under martial law for first time in over four decades

South Korean opposition parties have formally submitted a motion to impeach the president, Yoon Suk Yeol, over his short-lived declaration of martial law.

Early on Thursday, lawmakers presented to parliament an impeachment motion alleging that Yoon “gravely and extensively violated the constitution and the law” and accuses him of imposing martial law “with the unconstitutional and illegal intent to evade imminent investigations… into alleged illegal acts involving himself and his family”.

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