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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 January 2025. President of South Korea from 2013 to 2017 In this Korean name, the family name is Park. Her Excellency Park Geun-hye 박근혜 Official portrait, 2013 11th President of South Korea In office 25 February 2013 – 10 March 2017 [a] Prime Minister Chung Hong-won Lee Wan-koo Choi Kyoung-hwan ...
That speech galvanised people, and the president's approval rating tumbled to a record low of 11%, according to a poll by Gallup Korea. ... which last removed former president Park Geun-hye ...
It has paralysed our foreign policy and brought shame to the Republic of Korea,” he said in a televised speech on Friday. ... the chaos following former president Park Geun Hye’s impeachment ...
Impeachment of Park Geun-hye § Plans for a potential military response to protests – 2016 South Korean presidential impeachment. Defense Security Command plan in 2017 to declare martial law in the event South Korean president Park Geun-hye was not impeached by the Constitutional Court; 2016 Turkish coup attempt – Failed military coup in Turkey
On 7 November 2021, Yoon stated that if elected president he would pardon former presidents Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye, both of whom were serving lengthy prison sentences for corruption (Park Geun-hye was later pardoned by President Moon Jae-in on 24 December of that same year). [78] [79]
His party said it could not allow a repeat of the 2016 impeachment of then-President Park Geun-hye, who left office after months of candle-lit protests over an influence-peddling scandal.
The impeachment of Park Geun-hye, after huge protests over corruption, marked the first time a South Korean president was legally removed from office.
They demanded that Kim Byeong-su "not put a knife to his father's face." Around 3:00 a.m, Kim Byeong-soo moved Park's body to the Blue House. Later, Park Geun-hye also held President Park's body and wailed loudly. [46] The Cabinet meeting resumed. At around 3:45 a.m, it was decided on the spot to declare martial law in all regions except Jeju ...