(4 Apr 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Seoul, South Korea – 4 April 2025
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Various of protesters demonstrating against former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, holding banners reading (Korean) “Let’s build a democratic government!”
2. Woman holding picture depicting Yoon behind bars
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Inja Cho, anti-Yoon rally participant:
“We are so happy. We are excited. As soon as we heard (about) the impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol we were so crazy and dancing. So happy.”
4. Various of protesters celebrating
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Inja Cho, anti-Yoon rally participant:
“Definitely (Democratic Party leader) Lee Jae-myung. Lee Jae-myung should be the president of Korea.”
6. Protesters singing and celebrating
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Inja Cho, anti-Yoon rally participant:
“(Lee Jae-myung can) deal with the situation. I want, I mean, he is the hope for Korea. We believe in him.”
8. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Hanul Park, member of Candle Action, a group that holds anti-Yoon rallies:
“Whoever becomes the next president, I hope that person will truly recognize the people as the sovereign authority."
9. Protesters singing and celebrating
10. Protester holding banner
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Hanul Park, member of Candle Action, a group that holds anti-Yoon rallies:
“I know there is a far way more to go.”
Journalist (English): "Why?"
Hanul Park (English): "Why? You know President Yoon, he is just the tip of the iceberg, yeah.”
12. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Choi Jong-soon, 71-year-old from Namyangju:
"He was dismissed today because he exercised power unilaterally, disregarding the people and sovereignty. This is a situation that the Korean people nor the world can tolerate. The impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol today was inevitable, and such incidents should never happen again, either in South Korea or anywhere in the world."
13. Various of protesters holding placards and chanting
STORYLINE:
Crowds attended a celebratory rally in central Seoul on Friday after the South Korean constitutional court decided to formally unseat President Yoon Suk Yeol.
The court unanimously removed Yoon from office Friday, ending his tumultuous presidency and setting up a new election, four months after he threw the nation into turmoil with an ill-fated declaration of martial law.
Hundreds of anti-Yoon protesters gathered in Seoul, holding bright placards calling for democracy and singing songs in jubilation in response to verdict.
"We are so happy. We are excited," said Inja Cho who travelled from Paju, north of the South Korean capital, to join the rally.
"As soon as we heard (about) the impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol we were so crazy and dancing. So happy.”
An election will be held within two months for a new president.
But a festering divide over Yoon’s impeachment could complicate South Korea’s efforts to deal with crucial issues like President Donald Trump’s tariffs and other “America First” policies, observers say.
“Whoever becomes the next president, I hope that person will truly recognize the people as the sovereign authority,” said Hanul Park, a member of Candle Action, a group that regularly organizes anti-Yoon rallies.
Yoon still faces criminal charges of rebellion, but he’s unlikely to fade into the background.
He is likely to thrust himself onto the political agenda, rallying his hard-core supporters and influencing the choice of the next leader of his party, which has made intensive efforts to regroup around calls for his reinstatement.
AP video by Ayaka McGill
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