(11 Jan 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Seoul, South Korea – 11 January 2025
1. Various of rally in support of impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol in the Gwanghwamun area
2. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Park Jeong-sook, 35, supporter of impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol:
"The current situation is being used as a way to spread communism in democratic South Korea. This is not just a matter of President Yoon’s impeachment. This is happening because the communist forces (within South Korea) have been turning South Korea into a communist state. I am here because I couldn’t let that happen."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Seoul, South Korea – 11 January 2025
3. Various of pro-Yoon rally in front of presidential residence
STORYLINE:
Supporters of impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol staged two simultaneous rallies in Seoul on Saturday.
The rallies were held in the area of Gwanghwamun and in front of presidential residence.
The protesters condemned South Korea’s anti-corruption agency for trying to detain Yoon and claimed an election that took place in April of last year was rigged in favor of the main opposition Democratic Party.
The embattled president remains holed up at his official residence in Seoul, where the presidential security service has fortified the grounds with barbed wire and rows of vehicles blocking the roads.
Yoon made a short-lived declaration of martial law and deployed troops to surround the National Assembly on Dec. 3, which lasted only hours before lawmakers managed to get through the blockade and voted to lift the measure.
His presidential powers were suspended when the opposition-dominated Assembly voted to impeach him on Dec. 14 and accused him of rebellion.
His fate now rests with the Constitutional Court, which has begun deliberating on whether to formally remove Yoon from office or reject the charges and reinstate him.
AP video shot by Seong-bin Kang and Yong Jun Chang
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