"Korea is entering the post-Yoon era"...foreign press and experts weighing impeachment

[Anchor]
The U.S. and other foreign media are paying attention to the second impeachment attempt against President Yoon Suk Yeol and giving prospects for the National Assembly vote and the investigation of President Yoon.

The Wall Street Journal reported that President Yoon, who had been unpopular even before martial law, had the lowest approval rating in the world.

This is Washington correspondent Kwon Jun-ki.

[Reporter]
The Washington Post reporter predicted Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment and arrest in an online conversation with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, an American think tank.

[Michelle Yehee Lee / Washington Post Tokyo bureau chief: The most likely is impeachment this weekend and could actually happen with an arrest. Impeachment and arrest do not eliminate each other's effect.

Patrick Cronin, a security chair at the Hudson Institute, also said he believes the National Assembly's second impeachment attempt will be successful, adding that it has been six years since former President Park Geun Hye was impeached.

At the same time, he evaluated that Seoul is now facing a political era after the Yoon Suk Yeol regime.

The BBC quoted Western diplomats as saying they hoped for a swift resolution of the situation and that impeachment would be a step in the right direction.

Earlier, the U.S. government described South Korea's impeachment as a democratic political process and stressed that it should not be disturbed.

[Sabrina Singh / Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary] There is a democratic political process going on in South Korea. No actor wants to exploit this.

Wall Street Journal says approval ratings of leaders in developed countries are on a sharp decline,

In particular, President Yoon reported that even though the survey was conducted before the martial law incident, it was the lowest among 25 countries with a 15% approval rating.

The newspaper introduced that the unpopular President Yoon faced a second impeachment attempt after declaring martial law.

This is YTN Kwon Jun-ki from Washington.