Published on Dec 14, 2024
Current Affairs
Current Affairs Update - South Korea's Yoon faces 2nd impeachment vote over martial law
- South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol faces a second impeachment vote over his attempt to impose martial law on December 3, 2024, which was rescinded six hours later.
- The move has caused a constitutional crisis and widespread calls for his resignation.
- Opposition parties plan to hold an impeachment vote at 4 p.m. on December 14, 2024, with large demonstrations planned ahead of the vote.
- The first impeachment vote failed due to a boycott by Yoon's conservative People Power Party (PPP), but some PPP members now support impeachment.
- If impeached, Yoon would lose authority but remain in office until the Constitutional Court decides his fate.
- Yoon is also under criminal investigation for alleged insurrection over the martial law declaration and has been banned from traveling overseas.
- The crisis has shaken financial markets and threatened South Korea's reputation as a stable, democratic success story.