US EditionSouth Korea's Yoon faces final impeachment hearing
- South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is facing impeachment hearings after parliament voted on December 14 to suspend his presidential powers due to legal battles.
- The Constitutional Court will determine if Yoon will remain in office or be removed permanently.
- Yoon claims he had the right to declare martial law during his presidency.
- A ruling in the impeachment case is expected in March.
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As Yoon remakes South Korea’s right, lonely conservative pushes back
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — Conservative South Korean lawmaker Kim Sang-wook has received so many threats since December that his children no longer tell classmates who their father is. Already sidelined in the ruling party, many colleagues want Kim expelled altogether. In his home district of Ulsan, he finds himself shunned by former friends and allies. Welcome to the life of a conservative politician who has chosen to break ranks with the People Powe…
South Korea: Final Constitutional Court hearing on president’s impeachment
Whatever the outcome of the trial, the country’s political crisis will continue as President Yoon whips up far-right forces in the face of the spinelessness of the opposition Democrats and their allies.
South Korea's Yoon Suk Yeol defends his martial law decree as impeachment trial nears end
Mr Yoon has denied any wrongdoing and blamed the main liberal opposition Democratic Party, which obstructed his agenda, impeached senior officials and slashed key parts of the government’s budget bill.
South Korea's Yoon Defends His Martial Law Decree as Impeachment Trial Nears End
South Korea’s impeached president defended his martial law decree as a desperate bid to promote public awareness of the danger of the opposition-controlled parliament, and vowed to push for political reform if reinstated.
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