South Korea latest: South Korea's President Yoon suspended after MPs vote to impeach him

Authored by bbc.com and submitted by Odd_Responsibility_5

'This is not the end of South Korea's political turmoil' - analyst

The passage of the impeachment motion is "not the end of South Korea’s political turmoil," says Leif-Eric Easley, a professor at Ewha University in Seoul.

"It is not even the beginning of the end, which will ultimately involve election of a new president," he said.

The constitutional court now has up to 180 days to rule on whether President Yoon should be impeached or restored. If it rules to impeach, an election for the next president must be called within 60 days of the ruling.

Leader of the main opposition Democratic Party Lee Jae-myung, who narrowly lost to Yoon in 2022, is favoured to win an election to replace him. But Lee is also in legal jeopardy, Prof Easley noted.

Lee has one conviction on appeal and several other rulings pending that could disqualify him from the top office.

"So before the final race in the polls, there will be a race in the courts," he said.

YJSubs on December 14th, 2024 at 11:16 UTC »

The flag of impeachment supporters were hilarious. * Association of Fat Cat Owners Party. * Fantasy writer corps who went out to protest instead finishing the manuscript. * Romantic Pirates Corps. * Fans of Idolmaster [characters name]. * Association of people who can't choose what to watch on Netflix. * American Racoons Affiliation, the Korean Branch.

There's thousands of random funny flag/sign.

Apparently this trend started because in 2016, the opposing (Conservative) party accused the protest were backed by secret organization (CIA and shit). In return, the protesters came up with the idea of using a made up organization name to mock the accusations. Lol. Korean know how to protest for sure.

SoVerySleepy81 on December 14th, 2024 at 08:13 UTC »

Yoon’s removal is now up to the courts

We’ve just reported that MPs have voted to impeach Yoon. But it doesn’t necessarily guarantee that he will be permanently removed from office.

The entire impeachment process itself could take weeks, as a trial still has to be held before the Constitutional Court. If six of the nine-member council vote to sustain the impeachment, only then will the president will be removed from office. In this scenario, an election for the next president will be called within 60 days of the ruling.

Interesting I wonder if they will vote to remove him.

Significant-Wait2024 on December 14th, 2024 at 08:09 UTC »

This happened literally like 3 minutes ago. It feels unreal.