Impeachment

General view of lawmakers in the voting chamber during the plenary session for the impeachment vote of President Yoon Suk Yeol at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, 07 December 2024. JEON HEON-KYUN/Pool via REUTERS
Asia

Bid to impeach South Korea's Yoon stalls mid-vote after ruling party walkout

The opposition needs at least eight votes from Yoon's People Power Party to reach the needed two-thirds majority

South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung, lawmakers and people attend a rally to condemn South Korean President’s surprise declarations of the martial law last night and to call for his resignation, at the national assembly in Seoul, South Korea, December 4, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Asia

South Korea's Yoon under pressure to resign as threat of impeachment looms

South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung, lawmakers and people attend a rally to condemn South Korean President’s surprise declarations of the martial law last night and to call for his resignation, at the national assembly in Seoul, South Korea, December 4, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Asia

South Korean ruling party opposes Yoon impeachment, defence minister quits

Protesters outside the National Assembly in Seoul on Dec. 4. Photo: Woohae Cho/Bloomberg
Asia

How six hours of martial law reshaped a stunned South Korea

People attend a candlelight vigil condemning South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's surprise declaration of martial law last night, which was reversed hours later, and to call for his resignation, in Seoul, South Korea, December 4, 2024. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Asia

Vote on Yoon's impeachment this week, defence minister offers to resign

Lawmakers sit inside the hall at the National Assembly, after South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law, in Seoul, South Korea, December 4, 2024. Photo: REUTERS
Asia

Explainer: How to impeach a South Korean president

FILE PHOTO: South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol speaks at an interview with Reuters in Seoul, South Korea, November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Daewoung Kim
Politics

Delays, disruptions as South Koreans surge to sign online petition to impeach president

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives walk up the steps of the U.S. Capitol to vote for a second time to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in Washington, U.S., February 13, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
USA

US House Republicans win impeachment of Biden's top border official

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden arrives at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Washington, U.S., August 27, 2023. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson/File Photo
USA

Biden impeachment inquiry authorised by House Republicans, despite lack of evidence

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden arrives at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Washington, U.S., August 27, 2023. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson/File Photo
Politics

House Republicans make their case for Biden impeachment inquiry at first hearing

US President Joe Biden holds a press conference in Hanoi, Vietnam, 10 September 2023. File Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Top US House Republican McCarthy calls for Biden impeachment inquiry

U.S. President Joe Biden in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 16, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Politics

Republicans launch push to impeach Biden

Photo: AFP twitter
World+Biz

Ecuador president impeachment trial to begin Tuesday