Who has eyes on South Korean presidency if Yoon is removed?


Democratic Party of Korea Chair Rep. Lee Jae-myung (center) poses for a selfie with a supporter. - Yonhap via The Korea Herald/ANN

SEOUL: South Korea’s presumptive presidential field is slowly taking shape as President Yoon Suk Yeol, who has been detained over his short-lived martial law declaration on Dec. 3 last year, awaits the Constitutional Court’s impeachment verdict.

While it is still too early to tell how the eight justices on the Constitutional Court, with one of its nine seats vacant, will rule on Yoon’s impeachment, pre-campaign politicking is already in the air.

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