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In the past four months, millions have taken to the streets to denounce or support Yoon, deepening South Korea's already severe conservative-liberal division.
Yahoo |
Yoon Suk Yeol’s political rise was fast: the former star prosecutor clinched South Korea’s presidency only a year after he entered politics.
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The constitutional court was damning in its criticism of Yoon's authoritarian power grab, as all eight judges voted to remove him from office.

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SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s Constitutional Court will rule Friday on whether to dismiss impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol. The opposition-controlled National Assembly in December voted to impeach Yoon over his short-lived martial law decree that plunged South Korea into political turmoil.
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South Korea Court Removes President Yoon from Office
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