South Korean President Park Gets Shown the Door

by Theo Dyssean · March 9, 2017

Just a few hours ago, South Korea’s constitutional court followed through with their impeachment proceedings, and dismissed President Park Geun-hye…unanimously. I am certain this will not be the last installment in what has been a long and twisted plot. I brought everyone into it fairly recently here , and here. As you’ll get with just about political dynasty, the drama’s just gonna keep on rolling out.

The verdict was handed down by constitutional court chief justice Lee Jung-mi, head of the eight-judge panel. This is the first verdict of its kind in South Korea, a country who has only known the rule of democracy for a few decades. Park is now the first female head of state for South Korea, and the first to have been removed from office. Not sure if that equals out…

About Theo Dyssean

Theo Dyssean is a United States Army veteran, and former Intelligence Professional. He is an expert on Central and East Asia, intelligence collection and analysis, Linguistics, and culture. He enjoys reading, writing, and running. He has been involved with this media team since 2013.

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Susan H
Ody seems to be very busy so far this year, Kristie. He does indeed have some comments to catch up on but I fear his busyness is not going to let up. We shall have to try and carry on without him and make up our own witty repartee.
Susan H
Ugh. Sister!
Toril
Well at the very least she gets two firsts in the record books. However I can't see this instability as being great for Korea or the region. Should be infesting to see what happens next.
Susan B
Of course he will! That seems to be his mentality. He is extremely self-centered and will use this to revolve around himself. It's everyone else that is acting irrationally.
Susan B
O...vey! There are so very many ways this nation can go following something this catastrophic to this relatively new democratic system. As you say, there will be so much interference from outsiders as far as propaganda, misinformation, and Lord knows what else. I'm surprised our feminist movement hasn't got a sisterhood over there that will be spewing their anti-feminist babble into the crowds. On that note, however, her impeachment will be used for political salvos against the woman who wants to run, I'm sure. All the big nations...China, US, Russia as well as RNK, Japan etc. will try to influence the outcome aside from the internal political upheaval and wrangling to get a new President elected. I hope the nation is strong enough to withstand the tug of war coming. Thanks for your views and the update, O.