9 December 2024
The Big Story: As Yoon Suk Yeol escapes impeachment, is South Korea set for more turmoil?
After a week of political twists and turns in South Korea, President Yoon Suk Yeol survived an impeachment attempt over the weekend, triggered by his controversial and brief push to impose martial law.
The South Korean legislature, the National Assembly, failed to impeach Yoon after all but three members of his People Power Party boycotted the vote.
But the opposition is now pledging an impeachment vote every week until it passes, with South Korean protestors flooding the streets, calling for Yoon’s removal.
What are the other endgame scenarios for Yoon Suk Yeol? And is South Korea set for more turmoil now that Mr Yoon has escaped impeachment?
On The Big Story, Hongbin Jeong speaks with Sung-Yoon Lee, Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Lawmakers in South Korea have narrowly failed to impeach the nation's president over his short-lived attempt to declare martial law.

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