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The impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea in response to his declaration of martial law is unanimously upheld by the country's Constitutional Court, ending his presidency.
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Impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol
2024 South Korean presidential impeachment
On 14 December 2024, Yoon Suk Yeol, the president of South Korea, was impeached by the National Assembly following the passage of an impeachment bill with 204 of the 300 members voting in favor. This action came in response to Yoon's declaration of martial law on 3 December 2024.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
President of South Korea
Head of state and government of South Korea
The president of the Republic of Korea, also known as the president of South Korea, is the head of state and head of government of South Korea. The president directs the executive branch of the government and is the commander-in-chief of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Yoon Suk Yeol
President of South Korea from 2022 to 2025
Yoon Suk Yeol is a South Korean politician and former prosecutor who served as the 13th president of South Korea from 2022 until his removal from office in 2025. A member of the People Power Party during his presidency, he was the shortest-serving directly elected president in…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
South Korea
Country in East Asia
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and the Sea of Japan to the east. Like North…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
2024 South Korean martial law crisis
Brief enactment of military rule
On 3 December 2024, at 22:27 Korea Standard Time (KST), Yoon Suk Yeol, the then-president of South Korea, declared martial law during a televised address. In his declaration, Yoon accused the Democratic Party (DPK), which has a majority in the National Assembly, of conducting…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Constitutional Court of Korea
Highest constitutional court of South Korea
The Constitutional Court of Korea (Korean: 헌법재판소) is one of the apex courts – along with the Supreme Court – in South Korea's judiciary that exercises constitutional review, seated in Jongno, Seoul. The South Korean constitution vests judicial power in courts composed of judges,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
April 4
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