(4 Apr 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
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Seoul, South Korea – 4 April 2025
1. South Korean Constitutional Court Justices entering, taking their seats
2. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Moon Hyung-bae, Acting Chief Justice
"The benefit gained by dismissing the respondent overwhelmingly outweighs the national losses resulting from the president’s impeachment. Therefore I issue the ruling with a unanimous opinion. Because this is an impeachment case I will confirm the time of the verdict. It is 11:22 am. Order, respondent President Yoon Suk Yeol is impeached."
3. Justices leaving
STORYLINE:
South Korea’s Constitutional Court removed impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol from office on Friday, four months after he threw South Korean politics into turmoil by declaring martial law and sending troops to parliament in an ill-fated effort to break through legislative gridlock.
The court issued the verdict more than three months after the opposition-controlled National Assembly voted to impeach him.
Acting Chief Justice Moon Hyung-bae announced the decision at 11:22 a.m, (0222 GMT) immediately removing Yoon from the office.
South Korea must hold a national election within two months to find a new president.
AP video by Yong-ho Kim
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