## South Korea president Yoon Suk Yeol removed from office after court upholds impeachment

Authored by theguardian.com

South Korea’s suspended president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has been removed from office after the country’s constitutional court voted unanimously to uphold parliament’s decision to impeach him over his ill-fated declaration of martial law in December.

After weeks of deliberations and growing concerns about the future of South Korea’s democracy, all eight justices voted to strip Yoon of his presidential powers.

The ruling means that the acting president, Han Duck-soo, will remain in office until South Koreans elect a new leader within 60 days.

In a written message to the country’s “beloved citizens” following his removal from office, Yoon said it had been “a great honour” to serve as president.

View image in fullscreen Impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol at an earlier hearing in Seoul Photograph: Kim Hong-Ji/AP.

A Gallup Korea poll released last week showed 60% of South Koreans said he should be permanently removed from office.

Yoon became the second South Korean president to be removed from office through impeachment after Park Geun-hye in 2017. »

### House Democrats Slam Republicans as 'Complicit Cowards': 'They Would Rather Plunge the US Into a Recession'

Authored by latintimes.com

Democrats in the House of Representatives slammed Republicans on social media Thursday for supporting President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs that sent the stock market into a nosedive.

"Republicans would rather plunge the United States into a recession than stand up to Trump," the DCCC's X post read.

When Biden left the White House, he left behind one of the strongest stock markets in history. »

### RFK Jr. says 20% of health agency layoffs could be mistakes

Authored by cbsnews.com

Around 10,000 employees were laid off from the Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday, as part of a restructuring architected by Kennedy and Elon Musk's DOGE task force.

Kennedy said that the elimination of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's entire Lead Poisoning Prevention and Surveillance Branch was among the mistakes.

The office has been planning for cuts to routine inspections of drugmakers and food producers because of the layoffs. »

### A historic Black church took the Proud Boys to court. Now it controls their trademark

Authored by apnews.com

A judge awarded the church $2.8 million in damages in 2023, condemning the Proud Boys’ “hateful and overtly racist conduct.”.

In 2023 Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church won a lawsuit against the Proud Boys where a judge awarded the church $2.8 million in damages. »

### Queensland surgeon fined for sharing photo of patient’s swastika-tattooed penis

Authored by nzherald.co.nz

A surgeon has been reprimanded and fined after sharing a photo of a comatose patient’s penis, which was tattooed with a swastika.

An orthopaedic surgeon was fined $10,000 for sharing a photo of a comatose patient’s swastika tattoo . »

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