On December 14, 2024, in Seoul, South Korea, South Korean Prime Minister and Acting President Han Deok-soo spoke at a press conference after members of Congress passed a motion to impeach South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol.
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South Korean lawmakers voted on Friday to impeach acting President Han Deok-soo, the second time this month to remove a head of state after a brief period of martial law on December 3. According to South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency.
Former South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol was impeached just two weeks agoThe six-hour martial law was imposed earlier this month for the first time since the 1979 military coup, citing the need to “protect the freedom-based constitutional order and root out shameful pro-North Korean anti-state groups that are stealing the freedom and happiness of our people,” According to NBC News.
Opposition lawmakers on Thursday filed a motion against South Korea’s president over his reluctance to immediately appoint three judges to the Constitutional Court, which is preparing to launch deliberations to impeach President Yoon or reinstate him.
The impeachment of Han Kuo-yu himself has plunged South Korea into a new round of political turmoil, shaking the foundations of its democratic success story and causing the won to fall 0.40% to 1,472.22 on Friday after the news broke.
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