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South Korea President, Yoon Impeached, Still In Office Till Court Decides
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#Breaking News #Asia #DP #MartialLaw #MP #PPP #Seoul #SouthKorea #Suk #Yeol #Yoon ©December 14th, 2024 ®December 14, 2024 1:50 pm South Korea President, Yoon Suk Yeol has vowed to unturned his impeachment votes passed by Lawmakers on Saturday evening, according to the Asia country local time, a parliamentary decision which suspended him from performing his duties as the country president but he will remain in office as the nation’s President until the Constitutional Court made of six judges, four of whom were appointed by Yoon, decide if the impeachment is lawfully acceptable or not. #OsazuwaAkonedo
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South Korea president Yun has vved to
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unton his impeachment votes passed by
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lers on Saturday evening according to
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the Asia country local time a
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parliamentary decision which suspended
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him from performing his duties as the
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country president but he will remain in
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office as the nation's president until
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the Constitutional Court made of six
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judges four of whom were appointed by y
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decide if the impeachment is lawfully
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acceptable or not Yun so was suspended
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from Pres presidential duties at South
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Korea local time at 7:24 p.m. Saturday
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according to local media the
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impeachement case will proceed to the
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Constitutional court for review and
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according to local observers there is
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still uncertainty regarding the result
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at the Constitutional Court saying there
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are currently only six judges four of
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whom were appointed by you South Korean
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lawmakers voted on Saturday after last
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Saturday insufficient vote
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to impeach president Yun Su following a
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short lived Declaration of Martial law
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last week Tuesday night Yun presidential
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powers are expectedly according to the
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law will be formally suspended once he
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is served with a copy of the impeachment
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resolution prime minister Hoku appointed
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by UN in 2022 will take over as acting
1:23
president while the country's
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constitutional Court takes of the matter
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shortly after the Parliamentary votes UN
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in a nationwide address repeated his
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intention to fight the impeachment in
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the Constitutional Court which will now
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decide whether to reinstate or formally
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remove him a process that could take up
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to 6 months I will never give up he said
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in a televised address shortly after the
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vote reports and videos posted online
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showed inside the National Assembly with
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a loud chairs and gasps from lers when
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the speaker announced that the votes in
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favor of impeachment had crossed the 200
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needed to pass the result indicated that
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12 lawmakers from yun's party joined the
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opposition to impeach him earlier
2:11
reports showed protests in full swing
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outside the National Assembly with
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thousands kept coming but orderly
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carrying placards and floor cushions
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were distributed with markings on the
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floor for where to sit people streaming
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out of subway stations here and nearby
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it feels like today's protest is their
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Duty one of the South Korean resident
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insult stated in a tweet on EX social
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media the thousands of protesters
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gathered outside the assembly in frigid
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weather jumped up and down and H or
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shook hands with some playing drums in
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celebration of the favored impeachment
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votes were announced outside the
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National Assembly loud chairs washed
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over a large crowd of pro impeachment
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protesters some of whom has set up free
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coffee and food stalls for fellow
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participants according to local
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observers the Constitutional Court would
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have 180 days to rule on y's future if
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it backs his removal Yun would become
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the second president in South Korean
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history to be successfully impeached a
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dozen members of yun's conservative
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people power party joined opposition
3:21
lawmakers to pass the threshold of 200
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200 votes which was two3 of the
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legislators required for his impeachment
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the final vote was 204 to 85 this is a
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Triumph of democracy and of the South
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Korean people p Chand the opposition
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party Flor leader said after the vote
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the opposition leader lie J neon while
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addressing the crowd noted that their
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fight was not over we've only just
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overcome a small Mountain Lee said there
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is a larger steeper Mountain ahead Lee
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added Han the the Prime Minister who
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will step into to perform presidential
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duties was appointed by June in
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2022 on Saturday H said in a brief
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comment that his heart was Heavy I will
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focus all my strength and effort on
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steadly running the Affairs of the state
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he said the National Assembly voted to
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impeach president y with two or four
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lawmakers in the 300 member house in
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favor and 885 against the motion three
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refused to vote or decided to be neutral
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while eight votes were declared invalid
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during the week we had reported that
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South Korea defense minister Kim Young
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Aon who is believed to have recommended
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our long martial law that turn the Asia
4:46
country into Political turo since last
4:48
week Tuesday have been arrested on
4:49
Sunday after he had resigned last week
4:52
and others believed to be involved in
4:54
the martial law decision have been
4:55
placed on trouble band with the ruling
4:57
people power party PPP saying the
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president yuk would no longer be able to
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travel or participate in foreign and
5:06
domestic affairs until he resigned bang
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up a Justice Ministry official had told
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a parliamentary hearing that the South
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Korea Justice Ministry has banned
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president Yun from leaving the country
5:19
following requests by police prosecutors
5:22
and an anti-corruption agency as to
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expand their investigations into the
5:26
circumstances surrounding yun's power
5:29
grab AP international news agency
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reported that while a sitting South
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Korean president has immunity from
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prosecution while in office that doesn't
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extend to allegations of rebellion or
5:42
treason this means that you can be
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questioned and detained by police over
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his martial law decree but many
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observers doubt that police will
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forcefully detain him because of the
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potential for clashes with his
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presidential security service they also
5:57
said the security service won W likely
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permit searches of yun's office citing a
6:03
law that prohibits searches on sites
6:05
with State Secrets without approval from
6:07
those in charge of those areas in the
6:10
case of former president PK GH High who
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was thrown out of office in 2017 after
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being impeached by Parliament over a
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corruption Scandal prosecutors fell to
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search her office and ended up receiving
6:24
documents outside the compound because
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presidential officials T them away after
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refusing to meet with prosecutors while
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in office Park underwent questioning by
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them and was arrested after the
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Constitutional Court approved her
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impeachment and ruled to dismiss her as
6:40
president in March
6:42
2017 meanwhile roters reported that
6:46
South Korea's men opposition party said
6:48
on Tuesday it would pass a government
6:50
budget bill for 2025 that triggered
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president yunsuk yol's martial law
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decree last week at a plary session
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scheduled to be held later in the day
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the opposition controlled Parliament
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last month CAU 4.1 trillion one from the
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government's proposed
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6774 trillion 1
7:11
$473 billion budget we will pass the
7:15
budget bill today Democratic party
7:18
leader Lee Jon said a swift passage of
7:22
the bill will help resolve the current
7:24
uneasiness and crisis the government
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says the budget cut will paralyze BAS
7:29
government functions hinder responses to
7:32
external challenges and delay policy
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merges for small businesses and the
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vulnerable president Yun cited
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opposition obstructionism over
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government budgets as one justification
7:43
for his martial law decree on December
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third which triggered a constitutional
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crisis in aia's fourth largest economy
7:51
senior Democratic party laa P chandes
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said if the government needed money for
7:57
spending for people's livelihood
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it can be solved later through an extra
8:02
budget although y narrowly avoided
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impeachment during a parliamentary vote
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on Saturday local media reported that
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the president remains under intense
8:12
scrutiny with investigations ongoing
8:14
into allegations of insurrection and
8:16
abuses of Power with several key allies
8:18
also
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implicated the Justice Ministry
8:22
confirmed that Former Defense Minister
8:24
Kim Yong Aon has been arrested and now
8:28
in detention
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and ex interior Minister lean are among
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those prohibited from traveling abroad
8:36
General Park and Sue who led the martial
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law operation and Counter Intelligence
8:42
Commander Y in a have also been barned
8:45
from leaving the country Park first
8:47
further questioning on Monday as
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investigators ramped up their efforts to
8:52
uncover details surrounding the fil
8:54
imposition of Martial law opposition
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leaders have deed y's decision to
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transfer powers to his unelected prime
9:01
minister and people power party PPP
9:04
Chief labeling it a blatant
9:07
constitutional
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violation Democratic party leader PK
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Chand accused Yun of orchestrating a
9:14
second Insurrection by undermining South
9:17
Korea's constitutional framework Former
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Defense Minister Kim y Aon who
9:23
reportedly proposed the martial law
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declaration to Y was arrested on Sunday
9:29
he had earlier resigned on Wednesday
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after apologizing and saying he would
9:34
take full
9:36
responsibility travel bands have been
9:38
placed on Kim Lee defense Counter
9:41
Intelligence Commander yo in aong and
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army Chief of Staff Park and Sue many
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others have stepped down from their
9:49
political offices this include former
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interior Minister Lan wi who resigned on
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Sunday saying he would take
9:57
responsibility for failing to serve the
10:00
public and the president well some hard
10:03
on Wednesday which included senior
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eights of yun's office including his
10:08
chief of staff tender M resignations
10:11
hours after the martial law Declaration
10:14
was lifted in a public address on Sunday
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PPP leader Hong hun said Yun will no
10:21
longer be involved in foreign and
10:23
domestic affairs until his early
10:25
resignation adding that prime minister
10:27
huu would manage government Affairs in
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the meantime the president will not be
10:33
involved in any state affairs including
10:35
diplomacy before his exit said party
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leader Han Democratic party flaw leader
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P chande described the proposed plan as
10:45
an illegal unconstitutional second
10:48
Insurrection and the second Co
10:50
representative Kim M of the democratic
10:53
party similarly criticized the plan
10:56
saying nobody gave PPP had the power to
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make such decisions the Prime Minister
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and the ruling parties announcement that
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they would jointly exercise the powers
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of the president which no one has given
11:10
them is clearly unconstitutional he said
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according to a report on the Korea
11:16
Herald the ministry of National Defense
11:19
confirmed at a briefing on Monday that
11:21
the president retains command of the arm
11:23
forces that means in the event of any
11:26
foreign policy incident including any
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possible threat from North Korea hun is
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still in theory able to make executive
11:35
decisions according to BBC we had
11:39
reported that lawmakers in South Korea
11:42
on Saturday failed to carry out their
11:44
planned impeachment of President Yun
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suol who earlier in the week declared
11:48
few hours long martial law which was
11:50
condemned and resisted by both the
11:51
president ruling political party people
11:54
power party PPP and the opposition
11:57
Democratic party DP
11:59
but today the PPP boycotted the
12:02
impeachment process with the party
12:04
leader saying the president would resign
12:06
the impeachment process failed as many
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lers refused to vote and the Parliament
12:11
could not gathered enough votes required
12:14
to impeach a president in South Korea
12:17
after the impeachment failed the
12:19
president's political party PPP said
12:22
that it could not allow a repeat of the
12:25
2016 impeachment of the then president
12:27
Park G High who left office after months
12:30
of candom Le protests over an influence
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pedan Scandal her downfall triggered the
12:36
implosion of the party and a victory by
12:39
liberals in presidential and general
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elections according to ruter we cannot
12:45
repeat the tragedy of paralysis of state
12:48
affairs and suspension of constitutional
12:50
government through the impeachment of
12:52
the president PPP spokesperson shindong
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UK said adding that Yun had apologized
12:59
and had vowed to leave his future up to
13:01
the party thousands of demonstrators
13:04
holding candles and lights flooded the
13:06
streets outside Parliament on Friday and
13:09
Saturday nights demanding y's
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impeachment at least eight votes were
13:14
needed from y PPP to reach the two
13:17
thoughts majority needed to impeach the
13:19
president but PPP lawmakers departed
13:22
after casting votes on a separate motion
13:25
even when some people shouted and caed
13:28
them only three lawmakers from yun's
13:31
party voted in the impeachment process
13:33
according to roters president Yun had
13:36
earlier on Saturday morning addressed
13:38
the nation in a televised speech to
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apologize for the move and said he would
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face whatever repercussions there would
13:45
be but he did not offer to resign Yun
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said he would put his F in the hands of
13:51
the PPP I caused anxiety and
13:54
inconvenience to the public I sincerely
13:57
apologize I will leave it up to our
14:00
party to stabilize the political
14:02
situation in the future including my
14:04
term of office Yun said in a televised
14:08
address after the F impeachment vote PPP
14:12
leader Hong hun said the party had
14:14
decided that Yun would resign the
14:17
Declaration of Martial law was a clear
14:20
and serious violation of the law hand
14:22
told reporters roters reported that Han
14:25
has a history of clashes with Y but it
14:29
was unclear if he was speaking for all
14:31
PPP members there was no word yet from
14:35
Yun onan's comments the people power
14:37
party will pursue an orderly departure
14:40
of the president in order to minimize
14:42
confusion for the people has said adding
14:45
that until Yun leaves he will be
14:48
effectively excluded from his duties and
14:51
the Prime Minister will consult with the
14:53
party to manage state affairs and said
14:57
National Assembly speaker who want s
14:59
appealed for the PPP lawmakers to return
15:01
to their seats during the impeachment
15:03
voting process but to know IAL the
15:06
opposition needed at least eight votes
15:09
from the PPP but only three of them
15:11
voted as at 8:00 p.m. South Korea local
15:14
time we had reported that laas in South
15:17
Korea on Wednesday submitted a bill for
15:19
the impeachment of President Yun suo for
15:22
declaring marshall law on Tuesday night
15:25
invading National Assembly complex with
15:27
mask martial law military troops to stop
15:29
RS from overturning or overruling the
15:31
Declaration but the ruling people power
15:34
party PPP held an emergency meeting
15:37
later on Wednesday and resolved to unite
15:39
and stand as hle against the call for
15:41
yun's impeachment local media reported
15:44
that the decision to stand as hudle to
15:46
the opposition parties lawmakers
15:48
impeachment notice against y was made at
15:50
a meeting of the ruling PPP lawmakers
15:53
who endorsed the party's position of
15:55
opposing president yun's impeachment
15:58
according to based yunhap news media
16:01
according to local media Yun had earlier
16:04
met with prime minister hu and other PPP
16:07
leaders on Wednesday to discuss future
16:10
strategy after opposition parties filed
16:12
an impeachment Motion in response to the
16:14
brief martial law declaration late
16:16
Tuesday evening and Wednesday early
16:18
morning night political observers in
16:21
South Korea said that the impeachment
16:23
motion must receive a two3 majority in
16:26
Parliament to be approved the opposition
16:29
will need eight votes from ruling party
16:32
lers out of the 300 lers in the National
16:35
Assembly to pass the Bill yun's
16:38
Declaration of Martial law is a clear
16:40
violation of the Constitution the
16:42
Democrats party wrote in a resolution
16:44
seeking yun's impeachment according to
16:47
the South Korean news agency yab this is
16:51
a serious Act of rebellion and a perfect
16:54
reason for impeachment the Democrats
16:56
stated for the Impe to take effect lers
17:01
now have 24 to 72 hours to vote on
17:04
whether to house the president notably
17:07
no PPP Nik supported the impeachment
17:10
motion though the head of the party
17:13
expressed exasperation with the martial
17:15
law decree on Tuesday according to yab
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given the current makeup of the assembly
17:21
at PPP lawmakers would have to defect to
17:24
give the motion the two3 majority it
17:26
requires to remove you rter through its
17:30
Facebook page showed a live broadcast
17:32
view of South Korea's Parliament after
17:34
South Korean noras submitted the bill to
17:36
impeach president Yun suo CNN also
17:40
identified a woman in a video that has
17:43
gone viral as an
17:45
gwong a journalist Tom L scand with an
17:48
arm solida outside South Korea's
17:50
Parliament building during the political
17:52
Tomo on Wednesday early morning night
17:55
and is the spokesperson for the men
17:57
opposition democratic party and former
17:59
anchor on broadcaster ytn it would be
18:03
recalled that Parliament members in
18:05
South Korea battled soldiers to get
18:07
inside their building at 1:00 a.m. after
18:09
the country's president declared
18:12
emergency Marshall Law blaming
18:14
Democratic opponents for bringing his
18:16
conservative government to a stand still
18:17
end without proof colluding with North
18:20
Korea lers blocked the president's
18:23
declaration unanimously with 190 votes
18:26
to zero for the parliament members who
18:29
were able to force their way into the
18:31
National Assembly Hall midnight
18:34
president Yun elected in a bitterly F
18:37
election in
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2022 declared martial law on television
18:41
on Tuesday night a widely unexpected
18:44
move that shocked the nation and
18:46
international observers y argued that
18:49
legislative obstruction by the
18:51
opposition Democratic party had turned
18:53
the National Assembly into a then of
18:56
criminals and necessitated military
18:59
action I declare martial law to protect
19:02
the Republic of Korea from the threats
19:04
of North Korean Communist forces to
19:07
immediately eradicate the unscrupulous
19:09
Pro pan anti forces that pillage the
19:12
freedom and happiness of our people and
19:14
to protect free constitutional order
19:16
youth stated during the Declaration on
19:18
Tuesday night on National Television the
19:22
Democratic party controlled National
19:24
Assembly rapidly sprung into action
19:27
flooding into legislative Chambers while
19:29
blocking Heavenly armed soldiers who
19:31
have stated that under martial law
19:33
political assemblies were illegal the
19:36
Democrats have controlled the assembly
19:38
since April when the won Regional
19:41
elections against the conservatives in a
19:44
landslide protesters had flooded streets
19:47
demanding president Yun so your
19:49
resignation after a long night of
19:51
military and civilian show of false in
19:53
South Korea from 11:00 p.m. on Tuesday
19:56
night and almost throughout entire early
19:58
morning night of Wednesday when 190
20:00
lawmakers from opposition political
20:02
party including 18 from the president
20:04
political party jumped fances to convey
20:07
important and ENT parliamentary meeting
20:09
after president yunsuk declared martial
20:11
law in the country and ordered M martial
20:13
law troops with rifles to invert the
20:15
National Assembly of the fourth Asia
20:17
largest economy country to stop the
20:19
lawmakers but the soldiers met a sta
20:22
civilian barricades who engaged the
20:24
soldiers with fire extinguishers at the
20:26
National Assembly complex and hold them
20:28
by until the lawmaker successfully held
20:30
the plenary session and voted to Outlaw
20:32
the president martial law declaration
20:35
videos posted online show thousands of
20:38
South Korean protesters held a candalite
20:40
vigil and rally in downtown Soul streets
20:42
against President Yun suo who has been
20:45
in office since 2022 to resign
20:49
protesters held up signs that read steal
20:52
down president Yun suol as people and
20:55
lers attend a rally in Soul the South
20:58
Korea Capital according to roters
21:01
international news agency South Korean
21:05
president Yun suul had on Tuesday
21:07
declared martial law vowing to eradicate
21:10
shess Pro North Korean anti-state forces
21:14
and restore order martial law was last
21:17
declared in the country in
21:20
1979 soon after the Declaration protests
21:23
broke out in Soul and thousands gathered
21:26
at the National Assembly with South Kore
21:28
men opposition party lawmakers and some
21:31
ruling party lawmakers jumped fences and
21:33
tussled with security forces so the Cod
21:35
vote to Overton the law according to
21:38
roters thousands of demonstrators
21:41
gathered outside the parliament where
21:43
there were minor clashes with police and
21:45
military lawmakers gathered to vote
21:48
against martial law as both opposition
21:51
lawmakers and leaders of y's own party
21:53
decried it as
21:55
unconstitutional all 190 of the L
21:58
present voted to LIF martial law
22:01
including 18 from yun's own party Yun
22:04
ordered troops to pull back and letter
22:06
lifted the decree after convening a
22:09
cabinet meeting 190 of the national
22:13
assembly's 300 members defined police
22:15
and military cordones to vote against
22:17
the Declaration forcing you to leave the
22:20
martial law order the moov left on
22:23
Tuesday shocked South Koreans with Y
22:26
Colin in the military which released a
22:28
decree cre Banning protests and activity
22:30
by Parliament and political parties and
22:33
placing media under government control
22:35
according to routas the international
22:38
news agency added that the military
22:41
named Army Chief of Staff General Park
22:44
andu a fourstar general to h a martial
22:48
law command and release the decree
22:50
effective at 11: p.m. on Tuesday besides
22:53
burning political activity and
22:55
restricting the media the decree also
22:58
striking doctors back to work those who
23:01
Viet martial law could be arrested
23:04
without a warrant it said masked
23:07
Marshall Law troops equipped with rifles
23:10
body armor and night viil equipment
23:12
entered the National Assembly where the
23:14
first off with staffers who opposed them
23:16
with fire
23:18
extinguishers Secretary General of South
23:20
Korea's national assembly Kim rinki
23:23
condemned the military on Wednesday
23:25
morning for breaking into the
23:26
legislature during President su's brief
23:29
imposition of Martial law saying that
23:32
nearly 300 troops had stoned the
23:34
compound kimman said at a news briefing
23:38
that I strongly condemn the illegal
23:41
unconstitutional actions of the military
23:43
and the destruction it caused at the
23:45
National Assembly premises due to
23:47
president yun's decree of martiall law
23:50
he Ved to seek legal remedies for the
23:53
damage caused and he said the police who
23:56
prevented some lawmakers from entering
23:58
the the building overnight would be B
24:00
from the premises heill offered the most
24:03
detailed official account yet of the
24:05
military's inion saying about 230 troops
24:10
were flown by helicopter onto the
24:12
assembly grounds and roughly 50 others
24:15
jumped fences to gain entry he said Kim
24:18
pled closed circuit footage of soldiers
24:21
entering the compound at the news
24:23
briefing saying that all such video
24:25
would soon be made public
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