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Main opposition seeks vote on Yoon impeachment motion Saturday

The main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) said Thursday it will push for a vote Saturday for an impeachment motion against President Yoon Suk Yeol over his declaration of martial law and subsequent lifting.

Dec 5, 2024By Yonhap
Main opposition seeks vote on Yoon impeachment motion Saturday
  • President faces impeachment after bungled martial law declaration
  • Motion to impeach Yoon reported to National Assembly plenary session
  • PPP leader vows efforts to block opposition-led impeachment motion against Yoon
  • Nat'l Assembly passes impeachment motions against chief auditor, prosecutors

Retired Army general-turned-ambassador named new defense minister

Choi Byung-hyuk, the nominee to lead the defense ministry, is a retired four-star Army general currently serving as the ambassador to Saudi Arabia.

Dec 5, 2024By Yonhap
Retired Army general-turned-ambassador named new defense minister
  • INTERVIEW It is premature to revise ROK-US mutual defense treaty: veterans' group head

PPP leader vows efforts to block opposition-led impeachment motion against Yoon

Han Dong-hoon, the leader of the ruling People Power Party (PPP), said Thursday he will make efforts to unite his party to block the passage of an opposition-led motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol.

Dec 5, 2024By Yonhap
PPP leader vows efforts to block opposition-led impeachment motion against Yoon
  • Motion to impeach Yoon reported to National Assembly plenary session
  • Main opposition seeks vote on Yoon impeachment motion Saturday

Yoon accepts defense minister's resignation amid martial law chaos

President Yoon Suk Yeol has accepted the resignation of Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, the presidential office said Thursday, amid growing controversy surrounding his role in Yoon's aborted martial law declaration.

Dec 5, 2024By Yonhap
Yoon accepts defense minister's resignation amid martial law chaos
  • Defense minister faces treason charges for proposing declaration of martial law
  • Ex-defense minister placed under travel ban amid treason charges

Yoon 'badly misjudged' reversed martial law decree: Campbell

President Yoon Suk Yeol "badly misjudged" his short-lived imposition of emergency martial law this week, a senior U.S. diplomat said Wednesday, highlighting that Korea's past experience of similar events has a "deep" and "negative" resonance in the Asian country.

Dec 5, 2024By Yonhap
Yoon 'badly misjudged' reversed martial law decree: Campbell

Motion to impeach Yoon reported to National Assembly plenary session

A motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived martial law declaration was reported to the National Assembly's plenary session Thursday, a parliamentary procedure that set the stage for a full-house vote this week.

Dec 5, 2024By Yonhap
Motion to impeach Yoon reported to National Assembly plenary session
  • President faces impeachment after bungled martial law declaration
  • PPP leader vows efforts to block opposition-led impeachment motion against Yoon
  • Main opposition seeks vote on Yoon impeachment motion Saturday

Ruling People Power Party to oppose Yoon's impeachment

Korea's ruling People Power Party decided on Thursday to oppose moves to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his sudden decision, rescinded within hours, to declare martial law, the Yonhap news agency reported.

Dec 5, 2024By Reuters
Ruling People Power Party to oppose Yoon's impeachment
  • President faces impeachment after bungled martial law declaration

US will continue to look to S. Korea to set example as 'powerful' democracy story: Blinken

The United States will continue to look to Korea to set an example as one of the world's "most powerful" stories about democratic resilience, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday after President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived emergency martial law declaration.

Dec 5, 2024By Yonhap
US will continue to look to S. Korea to set example as 'powerful' democracy story: Blinken

Yoon defends martial law decision, rejects calls to step down

President Yoon Suk Yeol said there was "no wrongdoing" in the declaration of martial law, emphasizing that it was solely intended to prevent what he described as the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea's (DPK) "reckless impeachment actions."

Dec 4, 2024By KTimes
Yoon defends martial law decision, rejects calls to step down

'Yoon must step down': Candlelight protests return to Gwanghwamun, Yeouido

At 6:20 p.m. on Dec. 4, the chant "All power in the Republic of Korea comes from the people!" echoed once more at Exit 6 of Gwanghwamun Station in Seoul, rekindling memories of the 2016 candlelight protests that ultimately led to the impeachment of former President Park Geun-hye.

Dec 4, 2024By KTimes
'Yoon must step down': Candlelight protests return to Gwanghwamun, Yeouido
  • 'Yoon out now': Thousands rally to demand president step down over declaration of martial law
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