The year of 2024 continues to provide us with earth-shattering developments all over the world.
In South Korea, still reeling from the Martial law decree and the attempted – unsuccessful – closure of the Parliament, back in December, lawmakers voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol.
Yoon vowed today to fight for his political future after he lost the second vote to impeach him.
Reuters reported:
“The Constitutional Court will decide whether to remove Yoon sometime in the next six months. If he is removed from office, a snap election will be called.
Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, who was appointed by Yoon, became acting president, while Yoon remains in office but with his presidential powers suspended halfway through his five-year term.”
Yoon is the second conservative president in a row to be impeached in South Korea, after Park Geun-hye in 2017.
Yoon even survived a first impeachment vote last Saturday, before some in his party turned on him.
“’Although I am stopping for now, the journey I have walked with the people over the past two and a half years toward the future must never come to a halt. I will never give up’, Yoon said.”
Hellbound and Down 