South Korea's Yoon impeached: Embittered survivor buckles under martial law backlash
SEOUL - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol faces the greatest threat to his brief but chequered political career, with his fate in the hands of judges after some of his allies turned from him and voted to impeach him on Saturday for allegedly leading an insurrection.
Instead, the 29-minute address drew alarm that he may have become unhinged, his sense of judgment so badly damaged that he was now a danger to the global industrial powerhouse and one of the most powerful success stories of democratic resilience. The prosecutors office that investigated the allegations decided not to press charges against the first lady.
Yoon's ability to bond on a personal level, seen as the trait that gave him his early success, was on full display at a White House event last year, when Yoon took the stage and belted out the pop song"American Pie" for an astounded U.S. President Joe Biden and a delighted crowd.Born to an affluent family in Seoul, Yoon was an easygoing youth who excelled at school.
The role he played in jailing the sitting president and his dramatic comeback as head of the powerful Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, marked the start of a dizzying rise to power. When Yoon refused to fire top officials after a 2022 Halloween night disaster, in which 159 people were killed, he was accused of protecting his"yes men". One of them was Safety Minister Lee Sang-min, a fellow graduate of Yoon's high school.
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