After the impeachment of the outgoing president Yoon Suk Yeol, he is suspended from exercising presidential powers, and according to the South Korean constitution, the Prime Minister will become the acting President.
South Korea’s National Assembly impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after his controversial martial law decree on December 3, which caused widespread political unrest. Yoon’s martial law, the first in over four decades, lasted only six hours but sparked protests and legal investigations.
Former South Korean Defence Minister Kim Yong Hyun attempted suicide after his arrest over a controversial martial law declaration. Know how this political turmoil impacts South Korea’s democracy.
South Korea’s police raided the presidential office as part of an investigation into President Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law declaration. Top police officials detained, while opposition pushes for impeachment amid political turmoil.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol nominated Choi Byung Hyuk as the new Defence Minister after Kim Yong Hyun offered to resign from his post due as the country got embroiled in martial law stir.
Kim used derisive language, calling South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol "an abnormal man" and threatened to use all available offensive measures. This came after Yoon Suk Yeol said the North Korean regime would fall if Kim attempted to use nuclear arms.
The pastor who gave South Korea's First lady Kim Keon Hee was reportedly concerned over her role in the administration and secretly filmed the incident. Kim has been involved in several controversies before, including plagiarism in her academic writings and accusations of stock manipulation.
The pledge requires all three countries to "share fundamentally interlinked security environments" and consult each other in case of security threats.
Since winning election in March, Yoon, who advocates a more hard-line approach toward North Korea, has been denied a honeymoon period.
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