Authors:

  • Han-Koo Yeo

Excerpt

January 14, 2025, Opinion: "South Korea’s grass-roots democracy has proven its resilience, surviving the short-lived martial law invocation on December 3, 2024. However, the political turmoil continues after the successive impeachments last month of both the president and acting president, leaving the deputy prime minister as the country’s interim leader, and the president was arrested on insurrection  charges on January 15. The Constitutional Court is required to render a final verdict on the president’s impeachment within six months, and if the impeachment is confirmed, a new presidential election should be held within two months after that."