President Yoon Suk Yeol has named Lee Jong-seok as the nominee for the President of the Constitutional Court of South Korea on Wednesday, according to Yoon's office. Lee is currently one of the nine justices at the Constitutional Court. He started his role there in 2018 and now has one year left in his term. Presidential Chief of Staff Kim Dae-ki told reporters Wednesday that it had not yet been decided if the n.
The main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) is taking advantage of Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon s failed attempt to overthrow the DPK-endorsed laws aimed at weakening the investigative powers of prosecutors in its fight against the ruling bloc. Han and DPK lawmakers traded barbed remarks, Monday, when the National Assembly s Legislation and Judiciary Committee meeting took place, demanding apologies from each other by citing parts of the ruling in their respective favors.
The National Assembly on Wednesday approved a motion to impeach Minister of Interior and Safety Lee Sang-min, to hold him accountable for the deadly crowd crush that killed 159 people who gathered in Itaewon to celebrate Halloween on October 29 last year. With the passage of the motion, Lee has been suspended from his duties at the ministry. This is the first time that the National Assembly passed a motion to impeach a Cabinet member.