Over 2,500 Korean stars and movie professionals signed a petition saying: “For Koreans in the film industry, Yoon Suk Yeol is no longer the president of Korea but simply a criminal.”
VENICE, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 01: Venezia78 Jury President Bong Joon Ho attends the photocall of the jury during the 78th Venice International Film Festival on September 01, 2021 in Venice, Italy. Over 2,500 film industry figures in South Korea have signed their names to a petition calling for the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol after his misbegotten declaration of martial law on Tuesday.
Korea’s entertainment business is hardly alone in calling for the president’s ouster. Tens of thousands of protesters assembled outside South Korea’s National Assembly on Saturday as local lawmakers cast their votes inside on whether to impeach him. The impeachment vote reportedly ground to a halt Saturday evening in Seoul as nearly all of the members of the president’s party fled the chamber to avoid participating in the process.
Earlier on Saturday, Yoon gave a brief speech in Seoul saying he was deeply sorry for the stress his actions had caused, but he declined to resign, suggesting that the decision was in his party’s hands.
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