Politics in the past week has been more enthralling and pacy than a thriller film. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who vowed to make his country a 'global pivotal state', faced impeachment after a botched attempt to impose martial law that was overturned within hours. But the impeachment vote failed after the ruling party boycotted it.
This is not the first time Yoon has been under a cloud. His troubles even include South Korean prosecutors questioning first lady Kim Keon Hee over a designer bag she was suspected of accepting as a gift. As the move for dictatorship plunged the nation into a state of political turmoil, thousands of people took to the streets, trying to oppose imposition of martial law and on Saturday too while the impeachment motion was under process.
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