National Assembly chamber was momentarily silent as Speaker Woo Won-shik announced the passage of an impeachment motion against President Yoon Suk Yeol. The silence was broken by cheers from opposition lawmakers,

With the National Assembly voting to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol, the historical precedents of former Korean leaders who faced a similar political fate have attracted significant attention.

After a first failed attempt, the South Korean National Assembly ended the president's term, guilty of having attempted a coup de force by declaring martial law on the night of December 3 to 4.