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In South Korea, a petition website at the National Assembly launched a request for the immediate impeachment of President Yoon Suk-yeol on June 20th, which has gathered over 930,000 signatures within 12 days. The petitioners listed five main impeachment reasons, including allegations of Yoon's interference in the investigation of a marine soldier drowning case, the first lady's involvement in corruption, causing tension in inter-Korean relations, pro-Japanese policies, and failure to stop Japan from discharging Fukushima nuclear wastewater. The Presidential Office of South Korea stated on the 2nd that without clear violations of the law, actual impeachment of the president is unlikely, denouncing political impeachment as disrupting national governance. More on TVBS News: South Korean opposition party gains majority in parliamentary elections with overwhelming victory, Yoon Suk-yeol cautiously selecting personnel, difficulties in appointing successors for South Korean prime minister and chief of staff, with three days left for the parliamentary elections, early voting rate hits record high, opposition party says reflects voter discontent with Yoon Suk-yeol, suspicions of 14 billion barrels of oil in South Korea's offshore waters, valued at five times the market value of Samsung, exploration set for the end of the year.
Source: YAHOO