South Korea, Constitutional Court

Who Are the Potential Candidates to be South Korea’s Next President?
Should the Constitutional Court uphold the impeachment of Yoon Suk-yeol, who will run for the presidential election?
How South Korea's Constitutional Court is deciding on the president's future
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is putting up a desperate fight for his political life at Seoul’s Constitutional Court after being impeached and arrested for his short-lived imposition of martial
Constitutional reform becomes South Korea's new political battle
SEOUL -- Hundreds of people packed an auditorium at the National Assembly Library on Wednesday as Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon of the governing People Power Party (PPP) hosted a forum on amending the constitution. The scene resembled a K-pop concert, as Oh's supporters shouted his name when he greeted them.
Opinion
In South Korea, Constitutional Court's postponement raises questions amid public backlash
The Constitutional Court of South Korea unexpectedly postponed its ruling Monday regarding the constitutionality of Acting President Choi Sang-mok's refusal to appoint Judge Ma Eun-hyeok to the court.
South Korea Edges Closer to End of Trial Deciding Yoon’s Fate
South Korea’s Constitutional Court will hold another hearing next week before deciding whether President Yoon Suk Yeol should be permanently removed from office for his ill-fated martial law declaration in December.
South Korea: Yoon's impeachment trial continues as court adds ninth hearing
South Korea's Constitutional Court announced on Thursday that it will hold an additional hearing next week in the impeachment trial of President Yoon Suk-yeol, who faces removal for his declaration of martial law on 3 December.
South Korea's Yoon back in court for impeachment hearing
Suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol was detained last month on insurrection charges, becoming the first sitting South Korean head of state to be arrested
Yoon attends likely final hearing of impeachment trial
President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday attended what is likely the final hearing of his impeachment trial over his short-lived imposition of martial law in December. Yoon and other witnesses, including National Intelligence Service Director Cho Tae-yong,
Foreign Affairs1d
The Roots of South Korea’s Political Crisis
Less than two weeks later, with South Korea’s highest court still reviewing Yoon’s case, acting President Han Duck-soo was ...
Mises Institute3d
The Political Crisis in South Korea and the Failure of Beltway Libertarians
Like their American counterparts, libertarians in South Korea allied themselves with the conservative political factions and ...
Cfr.org8d
How Polarization Undermines Democracy in South Korea
South Korean President Yoon's recent declaration of martial law highlights the nation's political disfunction. Dr. Yul Sohn ...
Opinion: South Korea crisis in context
He is the first president of South Korea to be formally charged with a crime while still in office. This crisis was touched ...
S.Korean far-right conservatives' fabricated 'China interference' rumors a cheap political stunt
Since the martial law crisis in South Korea last December, some members of the People Power Party (PPP) have deliberately ...
Opinion
Nikkei Asia5dOpinion
South Korea's political crisis must spur economic reforms
South Koreans and the world. In the ensuing political crisis, he was impeached by the National Assembly and then resisted investigation. The acting president was impeached, and Yoon was finally ...
Program: Political chaos in South Korea and the poet who broke taboos
A declaration of martial law in South Korea, lasting six hours, has created the country’s biggest constitutional crisis since the late 1980s, and the life of forgotten Australian poet, Francis Webb.
Opinion
The Times of Northwest Indiana12dOpinion
South Korea crisis in context
The United Nations today is strong. UN and U.S. decisions in 1950 to defend South Korea were vital to this success. During the long Vietnam War, South Korea maintained approximately 50,000 in South ...