South Korea theme
Has the president Yoon Suk-Yeo party had MSKGA caps made for him to wear when he holds a press conference after playing a round of golf with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago?
South Korea's president will avoid impeachment. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol is not facing impeachment after several MPs belonging to his party left the National Assembly before Saturday's vote on impeachment. This eliminated the possibility of reaching a two-thirds majority, which is required to impeach the president.
Just a few hours before the vote, Yoon Suk-Yeol apologized to South Korea for declaring a state of emergency with associated martial law in the country late Tuesday. See the article on SVT Nyheter.
Watch as members of the South Korean parliament protest ahead of a vote on President Yoon's impeachment. On Saturday morning CET, the parliament in Seoul was supposed to have voted to impeach the country's President Yoon Suk-yeol. At 1:30 p.m., the Speaker of Parliament announced that the vote could not take place as there were not enough Members present, writes the BBC.
It was a mess outside the parliament building on Saturday. Tens of thousands of demonstrators had gathered, including placards with messages to depose Yoon, writes the BBC. On Saturday morning, Swedish time, President Yoon publicly apologized. "I introduced martial law out of my desperation as president, because I am ultimately responsible for the affairs of the country," he said during his address to the nation. Watch the feature on SVT News.