How South Korea’s Impeachment of President Yoon Could Happen
President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea is facing proceedings that could remove him from office after his imposition of martial law plunged the country into a political crisis. Members of South Korea’s opposition submitted a motion on Wednesday to impeach Mr. Yoon. Here’s how the process could unfold.
Only two previous presidents have faced impeachment proceedings in South Korea since the end of military rule in the 1980s.
A former leader of Mr. Yoon’s party, Park Geun-hye, was impeached and removed from office in 2017 on charges related to a sprawling corruption scandal. And in 2004, Roh Moo-hyun was impeached on charges of illegal campaigning, but the Constitutional Court later overturned that decision and reinstated him as president.
