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Kang Jin-kyu

S. Korean Opposition Urges Swift Removal Of Impeached President Yoon

Yoon has been suspended from office while South Korea's Constitutional Court deliberates on the impeachment vote (Credit: AFP)

South Korea's opposition leader urged a top court on Sunday to swiftly formalise the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol and ease the "suffering of the people" after his short-lived martial law decree.

Lawmakers voted on Saturday to remove Yoon from office over his "insurrectionary" suspension of civilian rule, which plunged South Korea into some of its worst political turmoil in years.

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