"Korea Impeachment Jungkook Looks Like a K-Drama Situation...Concern over confusion"

U.S. experts pointed out that Korean politics is experiencing an abnormal period due to the impeachment and there is a high risk of confusion next year.

In an online conversation about the situation after Korea's emergency martial law hosted by CSIS, a think tank in Washington, DC, Timothy Martin, head of the Wall Street Journal's Korea bureau, pointed out that Yoon Suk Yeol has opened a new chapter in responding to the Constitutional Court's impeachment hearing and that a K-drama situation is unfolding.

President Yoon, a former prosecutor, also said that his knowledge of Korea's legal system and constitution is different from past cases, and that he will argue that declaring martial law is not a crime as an act of governance.

Victor Cha, chair of CSIS, also said, "The current situation feels like a live-action K-drama," adding, "The Korean president's impeachment for the third time is due to the Korean political culture in conflict and the president's single five-year term system, which makes the president vulnerable after the general election."

He added that the most worrisome thing in terms of foreign policy is that it is difficult to properly deal with the second Trump administration, which will be launched next month due to the impeachment situation coupled with the U.S. regime change and the leadership vacuum in Korea.