Author: KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 04/04/2025 | 03:56:53
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Yoon Suk Yeol was formally removed from office on Friday. The Constitutional Court upheld his impeachment over an ill-fated December decision to impose martial law. There have been coups, an assassination and a suicide. Chun Doo-hwan ruled as a military dictator but massive pro-democracy protests forced his government to accept a constitutional revision allowing direct presidential elections in 1987. After leaving office, Chun spent two years in exile at a remote Buddhist temple amid public demands for accountability for corruption and human rights abuses. In 1995 he was arrested for crimes including the coup that brought him to power and received a death sentence that was later commuted to life imprisoned before pardoned Kim's popularity nosedived as the late-1990s Asian financial crisis wreaked havoc on South Korea's economy. He pardoned Chun and Roh in December 1997, accepting a proposal from president-elect Kim Dae-jung as a gesture for national unity. Roh died by suicide in 2009, amid allegations that some of his family members took bribes during his presidency. Lee Myung-bak was convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison for a range of crimes before and during his presidency. In 2018, Lee accepted millions of dollars in bribes from major corporations and embezzling funds from his own company. He was released on bail months later but imprisoned again in 2020. Park Geun-hye was elected as the country’s first female president in 2012.
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