Police form a chain as protesters take part in a march against South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol headed toward the National Assembly in Seoul on December 4, 2024. Thousands of protesters marched through central Seoul on December 4, AFP journalists saw, chanting and waving placards demanding the president step down after briefly imposing martial law and plunging South Korea into political chaos.
Vast protests both for and against Yoon have rocked South Korea since he sought to impose martial law in early December, plunging the country into its worst political crisis in decades. “Nearly two million people will come together to protect president Yoon,” said Rhee Kang-san, a supporter of Yoon who is one of the rally organizers in Seoul.An organizer of a rival anti-Yoon rally said the anger of those who supported his impeachment was “burning even more intensely.”At the heart of the backlash against Han was his refusal to appoint additional judges to the Constitutional Court, which has three vacant seats.
The opposition wanted Han to approve three more nominees to fill the nine-member bench, which he had refused to do, leaving both sides in deadlock.
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