Yoon Suk Yeol vowed that as South Korean president he would “rebuild this nice nation” into one “that really belongs to the individuals” when he delivered his inauguration speech in Could 2022.
As an alternative, his presidency has been marked by mounting unpopularity and political dysfunction, culminating on Tuesday in his declaration of martial legislation within the nation for the primary time in additional than 4 a long time.
Yoon has confronted critical challenges from the beginning of his time period, coming into energy with a low approval score and a parliament dominated by the opposition.
The 63-year-old former prosecutor, who performed main roles within the profitable prosecutions of former presidents Park Geun-hye and Lee Myung-bak, had by no means held a political function earlier than asserting his presidential candidacy in 2021.
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