South Korea’s President Survives Impeachment Bid

“A move to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea failed on Saturday, just days after the leader’s brief use of martial law hurtled the country into political chaos,” the New York Times reports.

“The opposition’s impeachment effort was foiled by the president’s People Power Party, which said shortly before the assembly session that they had agreed to oppose the bill. To impeach, the assembly needed a two-thirds vote from the 300-member assembly, requiring at least eight defections from Yoon’s party.”

“All but three of the 108 members of Mr. Yoon’s party sat out the vote, which meant the assembly did not have the minimum number of legislators required for the impeachment vote to be valid.”