On 4 April 2025, Korea's Constitutional Court voted
unanimously to uphold the National Assembly's impeachment of
President Yoon Suk Yeol for offences related to his declaration of
martial law in December 2024.
President Yoon had been suspended from office pending the
Constitutional Court's review of the impeachment. With the
Court's final decision, President Yoon is now permanently
removed from office, effective immediately. New presidential
elections will be held within 60 days, likely between 24 May 2025
and 3 June 2025.
If the ex-president's center-right party wins those
elections, the opposition center-left party will remain in firm
control of the National Assembly, and the likelihood of significant
near-term employment policy changes will be relatively lower.
