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Jubilation in South Korea After President Who Declared Martial Law Is Ousted

The nation’s top court upheld the impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol, clearing the way for the election of a new president. Demonstrators erupted in cheers.

 

What’s next for ousted President Yoon?

 


Rows of people sit in chairs in the street behind a line of police officers.
Protesters supporting Yoon Suk Yeol sat quietly near his residence after the Constitutional Court announced its decision to remove him from office.Credit...Chang W. Lee/The New York Times

 

Yoon Suk Yeol’s political career may be over, but his troubles are not.

Mr. Yoon is fighting criminal charges of leading an insurrection over his short-lived imposition of martial law on Dec. 3. A separate trial on those charges began in February and will not be directly affected by the Constitutional Court’s ruling that upheld his impeachment on Friday.

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Source: N.Y Times

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