South Korea’s opposition-led parliament impeaches President Yoon Suk-yeol after his short-lived attempt to impose martial law last Tuesday, December 3.
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00:00South Korea's opposition-led parliament impeaches President Yoon Seok-yol after a short-lived
00:06attempt to impose martial law last Tuesday, December 3.
00:09The decision still has to be ratified by the constitutional court.
00:13If he is removed from office, a snap election will be called.
00:17Yoon's appointed Prime Minister, Han Duk-soo, is now the acting president.
00:21For now, Yoon will remain in office but with presidential power suspended.
00:26Yoon is the second conservative president to be impeached in South Korea after Park
00:30Geun-hye in 2017.
00:33Yoon vows to fight on and says he will never give up, describing the impeachment as a temporary
00:37pause to his presidency.
00:40South Korean political analysts say Yoon was likely listening to the wrong people, such
00:44as right-wing extremists, YouTube personalities, and probably still thinks he did the right
00:49thing.