President Yoon is impeached

After nearly 4 months of political turbulence, the Constitutional Court of Korea has unanimously voted to uphold the National Assembly’s impeachment of now-former president Yoon Suk-yeol. With the court’s decision, Yoon’s administration comes to an end less than three years into its five-year term.

An election for a new president will be held within the next 60 days, per election law, putting a likely date for election day in early June - necessitating regular and close monitoring of pivotal developments over the coming months.

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