President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea is dealing with proceedings that would take away him from workplace after his imposition of martial legislation plunged the nation right into a political disaster. Members of South Korea’s opposition submitted a movement on Wednesday to question Mr. Yoon. Right here’s how the method may unfold.
Solely two earlier presidents have confronted impeachment proceedings in South Korea because the finish of army rule within the Eighties.
A former chief of Mr. Yoon’s celebration, Park Geun-hye, was impeached and faraway from workplace in 2017 on prices associated to a sprawling corruption scandal. And in 2004, Roh Moo-hyun was impeached on prices of unlawful campaigning, however the Constitutional Court docket later overturned that call and reinstated him as president.