In the wake of the Constitutional Court’s removal of Yoon Suk-yeol from the presidency on April 4, South Korea’s political parties have swiftly moved to elect their candidates for the snap presidential election scheduled on June 3. Lee Jae-myung, the former leader of the main opposition Democratic Party who wasContinue Reading
2025 is shaping up to be an annus horribilis for the dedicated community of North Korean human rights activists. The past two months have seen U.S. funding sources and programs decimated in the wake of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s aggressive federal cost-cutting initiative. Now support from the KoreanContinue Reading
Each month, ACLED’s Asia Pacific Team collects information on the dates, actors, locations, fatalities, and types of all reported political violence and protest events in the region. Details below on significant developments in March 2025 in Bangladesh, Myanmar, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, South Korea and Thailand. Bangladesh: Militant activity heightensContinue Reading
On April 4, South Korea’s Constitutional Court officially dismissed Yoon Suk-yeol from the presidency. The ruling came down 111 days after the National Assembly passed its impeachment motion against Yoon. The past four months have been an agonizing vigil for the country’s fate and future. In the court’s previous presidentialContinue Reading
Nearly four months after the National Assembly passed a bill calling for the impeachment of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol for his failed attempt to control the country through martial law, the Constitutional Court upheld Yoon’s impeachment unanimously on April 4. With the decision, Yoon has been removed from officeContinue Reading
Ahead of Friday’s ruling, schools, embassies, major corporations, tourist sites and museums near the courthouse announced they would be closed. Lee Ho-young, acting chief of the Korean National Police Agency, has said the ongoing situation has become “more grave than ever”, citing “threats to the safety of key figures” andContinue Reading
While the impeachment ruling for South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol remains delayed, on March 24 the Constitutional Court made a decision to dismiss the impeachment of Prime Minister and Acting President Han Duck-soo on March 24. The court’s reasoning in dismissing Han’s impeachment shows parallels to the dismissal of formerContinue Reading
SEOUL: Hundreds of thousands of South Koreans took to the streets on Saturday (Mar 22) as rallies for and against the impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol intensified over the upcoming Constitutional Court’s decision on whether to dismiss him. Yoon was impeached by lawmakers over his disastrous Dec 3 declaration ofContinue Reading
On February 25, South Korea’s Constitutional Court wrapped up the impeachment trial of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol. Yoon’s martial law declaration on December 3 was the catalyst for the opposition to impeach him, and it took only 11 days for the National Assembly to pass a bill to thatContinue Reading
As President Yook Suk-yeol waits for the Constitutional Court to decide on his impeachment, polling shows broad disapproval of his presidency. What does this mean going forward? Yoon narrowly won the presidency in 2022 against Lee Jae-Myung of the the Democratic Party (DP). In what was dubbed an “unlikeable election,”Continue Reading
