A failure to uphold impeachment would bring unprecedented turbulence, exacerbating polarization and testing alliances
If President Yoon Suk-yeol survives impeachment and is reinstated by the Constitutional Court, South Korea will face one of its most turbulent political chapters in decades.
Yoon’s survival, though improbable given public opinion favoring impeachment and a leadership change, is not entirely out of reach. Recent trends show conservative voters rallying around the embattled president, buoyed by his combative rhetoric, claims of election fraud and attacks on the opposition.
If President Yoon Suk-yeol survives impeachment and is reinstated by the Constitutional Court, South Korea will face one of its most turbulent political chapters in decades.
Yoon’s survival, though improbable given public opinion favoring impeachment and a leadership change, is not entirely out of reach. Recent trends show conservative voters rallying around the embattled president, buoyed by his combative rhetoric, claims of election fraud and attacks on the opposition.
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