The Parliament of South Korea votes to remove President Yoon Suk Yeol from office due to his imposition of martial law.

 

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The United States backs South Korea’s “democratic and constitutional process here and stands with its people,” according to a post on X by U.S.

Ambassador Philip S. Goldberg. Although Tokyo is keenly monitoring the events in South Korea, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba told reporters on Saturday that “the importance of Japan-South Korea relations is not affected.”

Yoon dispatched hundreds of military and police officers to the parliament after proclaiming martial rule in an attempt to block its voting on the decree. However, they retreated after the house rejected Yoon’s proclamation. There was no significant violence.

Citing a statute that defines rebellion as the planning of a disturbance against established state authority in an attempt to subvert the constitution, opposition groups accuse Yoon of rebellion. Additionally, they assert that a South Korean president may only impose martial rule in times of war or other dire circumstances and cannot halt parliament’s activities even under martial law.

Yoon “committed rebellion that hurt peace in the Republic of Korea by staging a series of riots,” according to the impeachment motion.

 

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