(14 Dec 2024)
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Seoul, South Korea – 14 December 2024
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Supporters of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol are rallying in Seoul, as the country’s parliament is expected to vote on a second motion to impeach him for his December 3 declaration that imposed martial law in South Korea for the first time in more than four decades.
Last Saturday, Yoon survived an impeachment vote after most ruling party lawmakers boycotted a floor vote.
It’s not clear if those People Power Party lawmakers would do the same again.
Public protests against Yoon have since intensified and his approval rating has plummeted.
The country’s six opposition parties control the 300-member unicameral parliament with a combined 192 seats, but they are eight seats shy of the two-thirds majority needed to pass Yoon’s impeachment motion.
Tens of thousands of people have braved the bitter cold and poured onto the streets of the capital, Seoul, every night for the past two weeks, calling for Yoon’s ousting and arrest.
They shouted slogans, sang, danced and waved K-pop light sticks.
Smaller groups of Yoon’s conservative supporters — still in the thousands — have also been rallying in Seoul, denouncing attempts to impeach the president. Both rallies have largely been peaceful.
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