South Korea’s opposition moves to impeach Acting President Choi Sang-mok



Briefings South Korea’s opposition moves to impeach Acting President Choi Sang-mok Democratic Party’s push to remove Choi could trigger market volatility and political backlash KOREA PROMarch 21, 2025 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON Main opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung meets with Acting President Choi Sang-mok, Jan. 13, 2025 \| Image: Democratic Party of Korea Park Chan-dae, floor leader of South Korea’s main opposition Democratic Party (DP), announced on Thursday that the party intends to launch impeachment proceedings against Acting President Choi Sang-mok. Speaking to reporters, Park stated that Choi’s failure to appoint Constitutional Court nominee Ma Eun-hyuk is unconstitutional. He added that the specific timing and procedure for the impeachment will be determined after further consultation. Park claimed that National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik supported the move, but a representative from the speaker’s office later stated that Woo had not committed to supporting impeachment proceedings at this time. WHY IT MATTERS The DP’s © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. LATEST ANALYSIS 01South Korea’s CPTPP push exposes the cost of turning trade gains into consensus 02AI storage boom gives South Korea battery makers an EV overcapacity lifeline 03South Korea’s Mexico strategy runs into the hard limits of USMCA politics 04Preschool test ban forces South Korea’s English hagwons to rethink placement 05Lee Jae Myung’s Wall Street pitch tests South Korea’s capital market credibility 06US midterm clock raises stakes for South Korea’s $200 billion investment talks 07Lee’s Hormuz red line tests South Korea’s leverage in $350 billion US talks 08South Korea’s AI data center boom is colliding with the true cost of power

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South Korea’s opposition moves to impeach Acting President Choi Sang-mok

Democratic Party’s push to remove Choi could trigger market volatility and political backlash

KOREA PROMarch 21, 2025

South Korea’s opposition moves to impeach Acting President Choi Sang-mok

Main opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung meets with Acting President Choi Sang-mok, Jan. 13, 2025 | Image: Democratic Party of Korea

Park Chan-dae, floor leader of South Korea’s main opposition Democratic Party (DP), announced on Thursday that the party intends to launch impeachment proceedings against Acting President Choi Sang-mok. Speaking to reporters, Park stated that Choi’s failure to appoint Constitutional Court nominee Ma Eun-hyuk is unconstitutional. He added that the specific timing and procedure for the impeachment will be determined after further consultation.

Park claimed that National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik supported the move, but a representative from the speaker’s office later stated that Woo had not committed to supporting impeachment proceedings at this time.

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