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title="Woo Won-shik">Woo Won-shik</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_National_Assembly_of_South_Korea" class="mw-redirect" title="Speaker of the National Assembly of South Korea">National Assembly Speaker</a> signing the article of impeachment in front of the media after the successful second impeachment vote on 14 December 2024</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Accused</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yoon_Suk_Yeol" title="Yoon Suk Yeol">Yoon Suk Yeol</a>, 13th <a href="/wiki/President_of_South_Korea" title="President of South Korea">President of South Korea</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data">14 December 2024</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Charges</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Treason" title="Treason">Treason</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cause</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2024_South_Korean_martial_law" title="2024 South Korean martial law">2024 South Korean martial law</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#EFEFEF;">First impeachment motion<br />on 7 December 2024</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Not voting</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">105 / 300</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: gray; width: 35%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Result</th><td class="infobox-data">Votes not counted due to failure of an action to reach <a href="/wiki/Quorum" title="Quorum">quorum</a> amid <a href="/wiki/People_Power_Party_(South_Korea)" title="People Power Party (South Korea)">PPP</a> boycott; impeachment unsuccessful</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#EFEFEF;">Second impeachment motion<br />on 14 December 2024</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Votes in favor</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">204 / 300</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #9EFF9E; width: 68%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Votes against</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">85 / 300</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFC7C7; width: 28%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Result</th><td class="infobox-data">Yoon impeached and suspended from the presidency for the duration of the impeachment trial; <a href="/wiki/Han_Duck-soo" title="Han Duck-soo">Han Duck-soo</a> becomes acting president</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#EFEFEF;">Decision by <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Court_of_Korea" title="Constitutional Court of Korea">Constitutional Court of Korea</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Result</th><td class="infobox-data">Pending</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>On 14 December 2024, <a href="/wiki/Yoon_Suk_Yeol" title="Yoon Suk Yeol">Yoon Suk Yeol</a>, the 13th <a href="/wiki/President_of_South_Korea" title="President of South Korea">president of South Korea</a>, was impeached by the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly" title="National Assembly">National Assembly</a> following the second impeachment motion raised against him. This action came in response to Yoon's <a href="/wiki/2024_South_Korean_martial_law" title="2024 South Korean martial law">declaration of martial law</a> on 3 December 2024, which was overturned by the National Assembly and officially withdrawn six hours later. </p><p>Incumbent prime minister <a href="/wiki/Han_Duck-soo" title="Han Duck-soo">Han Duck-soo</a> assumed the role of acting president pending the <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Court_of_Korea" title="Constitutional Court of Korea">Constitutional Court</a>'s confirmation of Yoon's permanent removal from office. An <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#First_impeachment_motion">earlier impeachment motion</a> was put to a parliamentary vote on 7 December 2024 but failed because the number of attending congresspeople did not meet the quorum required for its passage, as members of the ruling <a href="/wiki/People_Power_Party_(South_Korea)" title="People Power Party (South Korea)">People Power Party</a> boycotted the vote. </p><p> This impeachment marks the third impeachment of a South Korean president. <a href="/wiki/Roh_Moo-hyun" title="Roh Moo-hyun">Roh Moo-hyun</a> (9th president) was impeached in 2004 but reinstated by the Constitutional Court, while <a href="/wiki/Park_Geun-hye" title="Park Geun-hye">Park Geun-hye</a> (11th president) was impeached in 2017 and subsequently removed from office after the Constitutional Court's confirmation.<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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href="/wiki/2022_South_Korean_presidential_election" title="2022 South Korean presidential election">2022</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="skin-invert-image"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Yoon_Suk_Yeol" title="Yoon Suk Yeol's signature"><img alt="Yoon Suk Yeol's signature" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Yoon_Suk-yeol_Signature.svg/120px-Yoon_Suk-yeol_Signature.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="32" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Yoon_Suk-yeol_Signature.svg/180px-Yoon_Suk-yeol_Signature.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Yoon_Suk-yeol_Signature.svg/240px-Yoon_Suk-yeol_Signature.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="901" data-file-height="244" /></a></span></div> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_President_of_the_Republic_of_Korea.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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allowing him to remain in office.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Reuters_b_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reuters_b-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Reuters_c_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reuters_c-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AP_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Impeachment_procedure">Impeachment procedure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Impeachment_of_Yoon_Suk_Yeol&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Impeachment procedure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The procedure for impeachment is set out in the 10th <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_South_Korea" title="Constitution of South Korea">Constitution of South Korea</a> in 1987. Article 65, Clause 1, specifies that the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(South_Korea)" title="National Assembly (South Korea)">National Assembly</a> may impeach the <a href="/wiki/President_of_South_Korea" title="President of South Korea">president</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_South_Korea" title="Prime Minister of South Korea">prime minister</a>, or other state officials if they violate the Constitution or other laws while performing official duties.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For an impeachment motion against a sitting president to pass, a two-thirds majority of the National Assembly – 200 out of 300 members – must vote in favor.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Once passed, the individual is immediately suspended from their duties pending a ruling by the <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Court_of_Korea" title="Constitutional Court of Korea">Constitutional Court of Korea</a>. The scope of impeachment is limited to removal from public office, with no further penalties imposed through this process.<sup id="cite_ref-CNBC_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNBC-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the Constitutional Court Act passed in 1988, the Constitutional Court must render a decision within 180 days after it receives any case for adjudication, including impeachment cases. If the respondent has already left office before the pronouncement of the decision, the case is dismissed.<sup id="cite_ref-CNBC_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNBC-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Six of the nine justices must vote to remove the president; due to three vacancies, all six justices would have to vote to remove him, although it is unclear if the court would hear the case with positions vacant.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>If the National Assembly impeaches the president, the president is immediately suspended from office, with the prime minister assuming the role of acting president. In the event of the president's resignation or removal by the Constitutional Court, an early presidential election is required to be held within 60 days. During this interim period, the prime minister continues to serve as acting president until the election of a new president.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Previous_calls_to_impeach_Yoon">Previous calls to impeach Yoon</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Impeachment_of_Yoon_Suk_Yeol&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Previous calls to impeach Yoon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Yoon_Suk_Yeol#Calls_for_resignation" title="Yoon Suk Yeol">Yoon Suk Yeol § Calls for resignation</a></div> <p>In July 2024, an online petition started on the National Assembly's website calling for Yoon's impeachment gathered over a million signatures, with all petitions with over 50,000 signatures required under law to be reviewed by a <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary committee">parliamentary committee</a>. The website <a href="/wiki/Crash_(computing)" title="Crash (computing)">crashed</a>, with over 22,000 people concurrently waiting to access the website with an estimated wait time of 30 minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2024, over 3,000 professors and researchers at various universities signed a letter asking Yoon to resign.<sup id="cite_ref-Korea_Times_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Korea_Times-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One interviewer speculated that the letter had received the highest number of signatures from academics since <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%932017_South_Korean_protests" title="2016–2017 South Korean protests">protests during the Park Geun-hye administration</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Korea_Times_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Korea_Times-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 28 November, 1,466 South Korean <a href="/wiki/Priesthood_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Priesthood in the Catholic Church">Catholic priests</a> also called for Yoon to be impeached, issuing a statement titled <i>How could a person be like this</i> (<span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">어째서 사람이 이 모양인가</span></span>), which claimed that he is a puppet of private interests who has no idea what he does or who he is and who had handed over the authority entrusted to him by the people to his wife.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Martial_law_declaration">Martial law declaration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Impeachment_of_Yoon_Suk_Yeol&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Martial law declaration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2024_South_Korean_martial_law" title="2024 South Korean martial law">2024 South Korean martial law</a></div> <p>On 3 December, Yoon declared <a href="/wiki/Martial_law" title="Martial law">martial law</a> in South Korea, stating that martial law was necessary to defend South Korea from anti-state forces. Military and police forces attempted to prevent legislators from entering the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_Proceeding_Hall" title="National Assembly Proceeding Hall">National Assembly Proceeding Hall</a>, causing clashes between the police and military, protesters, and legislative aides. All 190 legislators who were present in the chamber unanimously voted to demand the lifting of martial law, forcing Yoon to lift martial law around 04:00 <a href="/wiki/Korean_Standard_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Korean Standard Time">KST</a> on 4 December.<sup id="cite_ref-Reuters_c_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reuters_c-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Impeachment">Impeachment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Impeachment_of_Yoon_Suk_Yeol&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Impeachment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_impeachment_motion">First impeachment motion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Impeachment_of_Yoon_Suk_Yeol&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: First impeachment motion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"> <caption>First motion to impeach Yoon </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width: 100px;">Choice </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 100px;">Votes </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="check" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/20px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/40px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> Yes </th> <td rowspan="4""><i>Not counted</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="☒" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/20px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/40px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">N</span> No </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Abstentions </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Invalid votes </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Not voting </th> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">105 / 300</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: gray; width: 35%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">Impeachment <b>unsuccessful</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Following the martial law declaration, all six opposition parties – the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(South_Korea,_2015)" title="Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015)">DPK</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rebuilding_Korea_Party" title="Rebuilding Korea Party">Rebuilding Korea Party</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Reform_Party_(South_Korea)" title="New Reform Party (South Korea)">New Reform Party</a>, <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Party_(South_Korea,_2017)" title="Progressive Party (South Korea, 2017)">Progressive Party</a>, <a href="/wiki/Basic_Income_Party" title="Basic Income Party">Basic Income Party</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_(South_Korea)" title="Social Democratic Party (South Korea)">Social Democratic Party</a> – submitted the motion to impeach Yoon during a <a href="/wiki/Plenary_session" title="Plenary session">plenary session</a> of the National Assembly on 4 December. The vote was set for 7 December.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following an emergency meeting of the <a href="/wiki/People_Power_Party_(South_Korea)" title="People Power Party (South Korea)">People Power Party</a> (PPP), its leader, <a href="/wiki/Han_Dong-hoon" title="Han Dong-hoon">Han Dong-hoon</a>, initially announced the party's unanimous opposition to the impeachment efforts.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Reuters_a_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reuters_a-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Barron's_a_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barron's_a-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, on 6 December, Han revealed that the PPP had received evidence indicating that Yoon had ordered <a href="/wiki/Defense_Counterintelligence_Command" title="Defense Counterintelligence Command">Defense Counterintelligence Commander</a> Yeo In-hyung to arrest key politicians, including Han himself,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on "anti-state charges" during martial law and detain them in <a href="/wiki/Gwacheon" title="Gwacheon">Gwacheon</a>, prompting Han to call on Yoon to "suspend his duties soon" and warning that citizens could be in "great danger" if Yoon remained in office.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_a_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT_a-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span 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of South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol fails"> Impeachment of South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol fails</a></li></ul></div></div></div> </div> <p>Hours before the National Assembly convened on 7 December, Yoon apologized for declaring martial law, describing it as "desperate decision made by me, the president, as the final authority responsible for state affairs" and promising there would not be a second declaration of martial law.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also pledged to delegate his political functions to the PPP.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> DPK leader <a href="/wiki/Lee_Jae-myung" title="Lee Jae-myung">Lee Jae-myung</a> called the apology "disappointing" and insisted on Yoon's resignation or impeachment.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also criticized Yoon's power-sharing arrangement with the PPP as "destroying the constitutional order",<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while DPK Floor Leader <a href="/wiki/Park_Chan-dae" title="Park Chan-dae">Park Chan-dae</a> called the arrangement a "second coup".<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to the impeachment vote, a motion was discussed on whether to launch a special counsel investigation on Yoon's wife <a href="/wiki/Kim_Keon-hee" title="Kim Keon-hee">Kim Keon-hee</a> but ultimately failed due to opposition by the PPP.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/%EA%B9%80%EC%98%88%EC%A7%80_%EC%9D%98%EC%9B%90.jpg/233px-%EA%B9%80%EC%98%88%EC%A7%80_%EC%9D%98%EC%9B%90.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/%EA%B9%80%EC%98%88%EC%A7%80_%EC%9D%98%EC%9B%90.jpg/310px-%EA%B9%80%EC%98%88%EC%A7%80_%EC%9D%98%EC%9B%90.jpg 2x" data-file-width="498" data-file-height="587" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Ahn_Cheol-soo" title="Ahn Cheol-soo">Ahn Cheol-soo</a> <i>(left)</i> was the only PPP lawmaker to not leave the chamber before voting; <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_Ye-ji_(politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kim Ye-ji (politician) (page does not exist)">Kim Ye-ji</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B9%80%EC%98%88%EC%A7%80_(1980%EB%85%84)" class="extiw" title="ko:김예지 (1980년)">ko</a>]</span> <i>(right)</i> was one of two who left but later returned.</div></div></div></div> <p>Before voting began, all PPP lawmakers except one, <a href="/wiki/Ahn_Cheol-soo" title="Ahn Cheol-soo">Ahn Cheol-soo</a>, left the voting chamber, meaning the bill would be unlikely to pass.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_b_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_b-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This came amid the possibility of PPP lawmakers deviating from the party's position through the secret balloting process.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_Ye-ji_(politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kim Ye-ji (politician) (page does not exist)">Kim Ye-ji</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B9%80%EC%98%88%EC%A7%80_(1980%EB%85%84)" class="extiw" title="ko:김예지 (1980년)">ko</a>]</span> left but later returned;<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_c_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_c-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_Sang-wook_(politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kim Sang-wook (politician) (page does not exist)">Kim Sang-wook</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B9%80%EC%83%81%EC%9A%B1_(1980%EB%85%84)" class="extiw" title="ko:김상욱 (1980년)">ko</a>]</span> returned to vote but said he voted against impeachment.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Protesters attempted to block the exits of the National Assembly Proceeding Hall as PPP lawmakers left, calling the leaving lawmakers "cowards" and encouraging them to vote.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Rebuilding_Korea_Party" title="Rebuilding Korea Party">Rebuilding Korea Party</a> lawmaker <a href="/wiki/Kim_Joon-hyung_(professor)" title="Kim Joon-hyung (professor)">Kim Joon-hyung</a> said that he expected voting to go on until 00:00 KST on 8 December at the latest;<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the deadline to vote is 00:48 KST, three days after the motion was introduced.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>National Assembly Speaker <a href="/wiki/Woo_Won-shik" title="Woo Won-shik">Woo Won-shik</a> closed voting early at 21:20 KST and initially announced the start of counting shortly after, but then announced that votes would not be counted due to failing to reach the <a href="/wiki/Quorum" title="Quorum">quorum</a>, with only 195 members present of the 200 needed.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While the session was underway, the crowd outside the National Assembly demanding Yoon's removal and insisting that PPP lawmakers participate in the impeachment vote was estimated to be in the hundreds of thousands,<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with some attempting to scale the walls and police barricades.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 5 December, phone numbers of PPP lawmakers were released online, leading to a wave of text messages from the public urging them to support Yoon's impeachment, which continued after the impeachment motion failed. One MP, Shin Sung-bum, said that he had received 10,501 messages by 9 December.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_impeachment_motion">Second impeachment motion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Impeachment_of_Yoon_Suk_Yeol&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Second impeachment motion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="float: right; clear: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"> <caption>Second motion to impeach Yoon<br /><small>Two-thirds majority (200/300) required</small> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width: 100px;">Choice </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 100px;">Votes </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="check" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/20px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/40px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> Yes </th> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">204 / 300</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #9EFF9E; width: 68%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="☒" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/20px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/40px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">N</span> No </th> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">85 / 300</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFC7C7; width: 28%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Abstentions </th> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">3 / 300</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: gray; width: 1%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Invalid votes </th> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">8 / 300</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: gray; width: 3%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Not voting </th> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 300</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: gray; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">Impeachment <b>successful</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>On 12 December, Yoon issued a statement vowing to "fight to the end", resisting the push for his resignation.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following Yoon's statement, Han Dong-hoon called for Yoon's impeachment and convened an ethics committee to discuss Yoon's expulsion from the PPP.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later that day, the DPK filed its second motion to impeach Yoon, with the vote scheduled for 14 December 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prior to the vote, seven PPP lawmakers expressed their intention to participate,<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including Ahn Cheol-soo, Kim Ye-ji and Kim Sang-wook, who participated in the previous voting, as well as Bae Hyun-jin, who has not expressed her intentions in the next vote. On 10 December, Kim Sang-wook, who voted against the impeachment motion, announced that he would support impeachment and apologized for his previous decision.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before the vote began on 14 December, Han Dong-hoon announced that while his party opposed impeachment, it would engage in the vote, encouraging lawmakers to vote "according to their conscience and beliefs rather than following partisan interests".<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shortly after 16:00 KST, with six PPP members present, speaker <a href="/wiki/Woo_Won-shik" title="Woo Won-shik">Woo Won-shik</a> announced the beginning of the vote, saying "I hope every one of you will participate in the vote".<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/BBC_News" title="BBC News">BBC News</a> described the second vote as "a stark contrast from last weekend", citing the lack of a PPP boycott.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Local media outlets said that the results would be likely counted by 17:30 KST.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Around 16:50 KST on 14 December, Woo announced that all 300 members had voted and vote counting had begun.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As votes were counted, protesters sang "<a href="/wiki/March_for_the_Beloved" title="March for the Beloved">March for the Beloved</a>", an anthem commemorating those killed during the <a href="/wiki/Gwangju_Uprising" title="Gwangju Uprising">Gwangju Uprising</a>, and "<a href="/wiki/Into_the_New_World" title="Into the New World">Into the New World</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Girls%27_Generation" title="Girls' Generation">Girls' Generation</a>, which was also used during the <a href="/wiki/Impeachment_of_Park_Geun-hye" title="Impeachment of Park Geun-hye">impeachment of Park Geun-hye</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The National Assembly voted to impeach Yoon, with 204 of 300 lawmakers supporting impeachment.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:292px;max-width:292px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:144px;max-width:144px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:189px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2022_%EA%B9%80%EC%9A%A9%ED%98%84_%EB%8C%80%ED%86%B5%EB%A0%B9%EA%B2%BD%ED%98%B8%EC%B2%98%EC%9E%A5_(crop).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/2022_%EA%B9%80%EC%9A%A9%ED%98%84_%EB%8C%80%ED%86%B5%EB%A0%B9%EA%B2%BD%ED%98%B8%EC%B2%98%EC%9E%A5_%28crop%29.jpg/142px-2022_%EA%B9%80%EC%9A%A9%ED%98%84_%EB%8C%80%ED%86%B5%EB%A0%B9%EA%B2%BD%ED%98%B8%EC%B2%98%EC%9E%A5_%28crop%29.jpg" decoding="async" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Lee_Sang-min_20240731.jpg/142px-Lee_Sang-min_20240731.jpg" decoding="async" width="142" height="189" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Lee_Sang-min_20240731.jpg/213px-Lee_Sang-min_20240731.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Lee_Sang-min_20240731.jpg 2x" data-file-width="248" data-file-height="330" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">Defense Minister <a href="/wiki/Kim_Yong-hyun_(general)" title="Kim Yong-hyun (general)">Kim Yong-hyun</a> <i>(left)</i> and Interior Minister <a href="/wiki/Lee_Sang-min_(lawyer)" title="Lee Sang-min (lawyer)">Lee Sang-min</a> <i>(right)</i></div></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Related_impeachment_motions">Related impeachment motions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Impeachment_of_Yoon_Suk_Yeol&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Related impeachment motions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Aside from Yoon, several officials were subjected to proposals and motions for impeachment over their involvement in the declaration of martial law. These include Defense Minister <a href="/wiki/Kim_Yong-hyun_(general)" title="Kim Yong-hyun (general)">Kim Yong-hyun</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who resigned on 5 December,<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Interior Minister <a href="/wiki/Lee_Sang-min_(lawyer)" title="Lee Sang-min (lawyer)">Lee Sang-min</a>, whose impeachment motion was filed by the DPK on 7 December.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lee resigned the next day on 8 December.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 12 December, the National Assembly passed impeachment motions against Justice Minister <a href="/w/index.php?title=Park_Sung-jae&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Park Sung-jae (page does not exist)">Park Sung-jae</a> and <a href="/wiki/National_Police_Agency_(South_Korea)" title="National Police Agency (South Korea)">KNP</a> Commissioner Cho Ji-ho.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Impeachment_of_Yoon_Suk_Yeol&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_impeachment_motion_aftermath">First impeachment motion aftermath</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Impeachment_of_Yoon_Suk_Yeol&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: First impeachment motion aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the vote, PPP Leader <a href="/wiki/Han_Dong-hoon" title="Han Dong-hoon">Han Dong-hoon</a> said that the PPP would continue to "push for the president's orderly retreat to minimize chaos",<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while PPP Floor Leader <a href="/wiki/Choo_Kyung-ho" title="Choo Kyung-ho">Choo Kyung-ho</a> resigned, saying that he would take responsibility for "the third presidential impeachment vote in [South Korea's] constitutional history".<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Han_Duck-soo" title="Han Duck-soo">Han Duck-soo</a> (PPP) said that he would "make all-out efforts to promptly stabilize the current situation".<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The DPK said that it would continue to file impeachment motions against Yoon on a weekly basis.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 8 December, former Defense Minister <a href="/wiki/Kim_Yong-hyun_(general)" title="Kim Yong-hyun (general)">Kim Yong-hyun</a> was arrested by prosecutors on suspicion of committing insurrection by advising President Yoon to declare martial law and sending troops into the National Assembly to seize the legislature.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That same day, Han Dong-hoon said that the PPP had "effectively obtained (Yoon's) promise to step down" in exchange for the party blocking his impeachment.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A PPP special task force proposed that Yoon leave office in February or March 2025 and called for a snap presidential election to be held in April or May.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 10 December, the National Assembly passed a bill creating a permanent special counsel to investigate Yoon on charges of treason relating to his martial law declaration. The motion passed with 210 MPs, including 23 PPP members, in favor after the party allowed its members to <a href="/wiki/Conscience_vote" title="Conscience vote">vote according to their individual decision</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the first impeachment motion failed, several PPP lawmakers' offices were vandalized, while others received funeral wreathes with messages such as "insurrection accomplices" written.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A box cutter was also found at the residence of MP Kim Jae-sub. A petition filed at the National Assembly website calling for the PPP's dissolution garnered more than 171,000 signatures,<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> exceeding the 50,000 needed to have the proposal submitted to the relevant standing committee.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Analysis">Analysis</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Impeachment_of_Yoon_Suk_Yeol&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Analysis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i><a href="/wiki/The_Korea_Times" title="The Korea Times">The Korea Times</a></i> drew comparisons between Yoon's impeachment and that of President <a href="/wiki/Park_Geun-hye" title="Park Geun-hye">Park Geun-hye</a> in 2017, attributing Yoon's survival of the first impeachment attempt to the PPP's fear that it would suffer a crushing defeat in the snap presidential election, similar to what happened to the <a href="/wiki/Liberty_Korea_Party" title="Liberty Korea Party">Saenuri Party</a> after Park was removed from the presidency.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Opinion_polling">Opinion polling</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Impeachment_of_Yoon_Suk_Yeol&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Opinion polling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Opinion_polling_on_the_Yoon_Suk_Yeol_presidency" title="Opinion polling on the Yoon Suk Yeol presidency">Opinion polling on the Yoon Suk Yeol presidency</a></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="float: right; clear: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"> <caption>Support for Yoon's impeachment or resignation by political ideology as of 12 December 2024<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Impeachment_of_Yoon_Suk_Yeol&action=edit">[update]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Realmeter_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Realmeter-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Ideology </th> <th scope="col">Impeachment<br />/immediate<br />resignation </th> <th scope="col">Orderly<br />resignation </th> <th scope="col">Total </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Progressivism_in_South_Korea" title="Progressivism in South Korea">Progressive</a> </th> <td>92% </td> <td>6.9% </td> <td>98.9% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">"Moderate" </th> <td>83% </td> <td>11.6% </td> <td>94.6% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Conservatism_in_South_Korea" title="Conservatism in South Korea">Conservative</a> </th> <td>43% </td> <td>33.3% </td> <td>76.3% </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <th scope="row">Total </th> <th>74.8% </th> <th>16.2% </th> <th>91% </th></tr></tbody></table> <p>Opinion polling carried out by Realmeter on 4 December 2024 found that 73.6% of respondents supported Yoon's impeachment while 24% opposed it. It also found that 70% believed that Yoon's actions constituted <a href="/wiki/Treason" title="Treason">treason</a> while 25% believed otherwise.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another Realmeter poll released on 12 December found 74.8% of respondents supported either Yoon's immediate resignation or impeachment, while 16.2% supported the PPP's proposal of Yoon's orderly resignation.<sup id="cite_ref-Realmeter_75-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Realmeter-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Gallup,_Inc." title="Gallup, Inc.">Gallup</a> poll released on 13 December found that Yoon's impeachment was supported by 75% of respondents and opposed by 21%. It also found that 27% of PPP supporters favored impeachment, compared to 66% opposed. Among DPK supporters, 97% supported impeachment, while 3% opposed.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Impeachment_of_Yoon_Suk_Yeol&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFSmithKim2024" class="citation web cs1">Smith, Sheila; Kim, Duyeon (9 December 2024). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cfr.org/blog/president-yoons-impeachment-view-seoul">"President Yoon's Impeachment? 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