South Korean lawmakers have impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after a failed martial law bid, marking a historic moment in the nation's democracy.
South Korean lawmakers have impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after a failed martial law bid, igniting nationwide protests and marking a historic moment in the nation's democracy.The vote capped over a week of intense political drama in the democratic South following Yoon's failed attempt to impose martial law on December 3.
If the court backs his removal, Yoon will become the second president in South Korean history to be successfully impeached.Two hundred votes were needed for the impeachment to pass, and opposition lawmakers needed to convince at least eight parliamentarians from Yoon's conservative People Power Party to switch sides.
"Yoon had no choice but to declare martial law. I approve of every decision he has made as president," supporter Choi Hee-sun, 62, told AFP before the vote.
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