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Foreign media also paid attention to the vacancy of the Constitutional Court... "Yoon returns even if only one opposes it."

2024.12.28 PM 09:57
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New York Times Introduces 'Authorized Impeachment by Acting President 151 Votes'

Bloomberg: Financial instability in martial law...Deepened by prolonged chaos"

Yomiuri "Suspended in the order of the commander...It's inevitable."
[Anchor]
Foreign media also noted that the impeachment of acting president for the first time in two weeks passed the second impeachment bill.

He also dealt with complex issues such as the appointment of constitutional judges and the controversy over the quorum that triggered the impeachment bill, and feared that the political turmoil in Korea would be prolonged.

I'm reporter Kim Do-won.

[Reporter]
In the wake of a series of impeachment, even foreign media reported in detail the appointment of a Korean constitutional judge.

Foreign media explained that acting president Han Deok-soo was impeached for refusing to appoint three judges elected by the National Assembly.

He also pointed out that the appointment of a judge greatly affects the impeachment trial of Yoon Suk Yeol's president.

The BBC said that in the current Constitutional Court, which has only six judges, only one opposition would escape President Yoon's impeachment,
The
Guardian also said that the possibility of impeaching President Yoon increases if a successor is appointed quickly.

The New York Times, which also dealt with the controversy over the quorum of acting presidential impeachment, introduced the expert opinion that it is a simple majority vote because it is acting as prime minister, not as a real president.

There are also voices concerned about prolonged confusion.

Bloomberg notes political turmoil is deepening economic crisis amid South Korea's financial market instability and diplomatic setbacks due to martial law,
Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun also reported that the suspension of the national headquarters in turn made it inevitable to avoid stagnation in administration, economy, and diplomacy.

AFP pointed out that if Acting President Choi Sang-mok refuses to appoint a justice to the Constitutional Court, he will also be impeached, opening a new chapter in absurdity.

In the meantime, the Washington Post shed new light on President Yoon's martial law.President Yun

tried to arrest his political opponents on the groundless conspiracy theory of fraudulent elections, a far broader goal than he claimed, the newspaper said.

I'm Kim Do Won of YTN.

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