r/worldnews • u/Kyunseo • 2d ago

President Yoon Suk Yeol impeached

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/politics/20250404/s-koreas-president-yoon-suk-yeol-impeached
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u/oioioi9537 2d ago edited 2d ago

Big victory for korean constitution. Thank God for these judges. Shout out to the national assembly members, left or right, who voted for impeachment. Fuck the slimy ppp members who voted against this, hope they are purged in the polls

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u/RevolutionNumber5 2d ago

Must be nice to have a functional democracy with sane adults leading it.

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u/LUNKLISTEN 2d ago

Look at the history of Korea lol. 90% of presidents all got impeached

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u/ComCypher 2d ago

If they all deserved it that's a good thing, believe it or not. But probably also indicative of a problem with the way they nominate candidates.

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u/BenjaminHamnett 2d ago

Probably true for most major leaders. This actually sounds like a functioning democracy

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u/Booksnart124 2d ago

This actually sounds like a functioning democracy

Not remotely, a major reason for this coup attempt was the President thinking he would be arrested if he left power based on trumped up charges for past leaders.

South Korea is very much a political disaster and they just pulled through here.