{"id":232552,"date":"2025-04-04T21:05:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T20:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/south-korean-court-strips-president-of-all-power-how-did-we-get-here\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T21:05:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T20:05:19","slug":"south-korean-court-strips-president-of-all-power-how-did-we-get-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/south-korean-court-strips-president-of-all-power-how-did-we-get-here\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korean court strips president of all power &#8211; how did we get here?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/uxEXj3r4GPo\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"South Korean court strips president of all power - how did we get here?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uxEXj3r4GPo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Celebrations broke out among Yoon Suk Yeol\u2019s detractors in Seoul after the constitutional court voted to uphold his impeachment and remove him from office.<br \/>\nSubscribe to Guardian News on YouTube \u25ba http:\/\/bit.ly\/guardianwiressub<\/p>\n<p>The South Korean court said in its unanimous ruling on Friday that the then president\u2019s declaration of martial law in December \u201cviolated\u201d the country\u2019s constitution, including mobilising military and police forces to obstruct \u201cthe national assembly\u2019s exercise of its authority\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Yoon] committed a grave betrayal of the people\u2019s trust who are the sovereign members of the democratic republic,\u201d the acting chief justice Moon Hyung-bae said delivering the ruling, adding that Yoon\u2019s declaration created chaos in all areas of society, the economy and foreign policy.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling means that the acting president, Han Duck-soo, will remain in office until South Koreans elect a new leader within sixty days.<\/p>\n<p>While anti-Yoon protesters were elated by the decision \u2013 many celebrating and in tears \u2013 media reports said some of his supporters had started damaging police vehicles near the court building.<\/p>\n<p>Yoon, who was not in court for the ruling, cannot appeal and must now turn his attention to a separate criminal trial \u2013 linked to his martial law declaration \u2013 on charges of insurrection.<\/p>\n<p>A Gallup Korea poll released last week showed 60% of South Koreans said Yoon should be permanently removed from office. His opponents have accused the former prosecutor of abusing his presidential powers in an attempt to suspend democratic institutions and take the country back into its dark authoritarian past.<\/p>\n<p>What have been the key moments leading up to this moment? Watch this video to learn more, and to find out about what comes next head to the link in bio.<\/p>\n<p>#southkorea #presidentyoon #yoonsukyeol #politics #impeachment #martiallaw #seoul #protests<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrations broke out among Yoon Suk Yeol\u2019s detractors in Seoul after the constitutional court voted to uphold his impeachment and remove him from office. 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