Why does South Korea want to Impeach its President? | Vantage with Palki Sharma

Amid Risk of War with North, why does South Korea want to Impeach its President? | Vantage with Palki Sharma
South Korea wants to impeach its President after an online petition calling for President Yoon Suk Yeol to step down. So far, over 811,000 people have signed the petition, which accuses Yoon of mishandling the country’s relationship with North Korea. But is it a wise choice amid growing risk of conflict with Pyongyang? Palki Sharma tells you.
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[@BookofJob3XVII]

Good for South Korea, sent him back to Washington so he can sing the Weeknd's "I feel it coming" to Biden.

[@normantan7796]

No , he need to sing I'm here to stay!!!!

[@TheFlagUnit]

@@normantan7796 screw him

[@saretgnasoh7351]

huahahahahah, you are correct

[@YSKWatch]

he'll sing: I want it all, and I want it now.

[@kaimanyu586]

Maybe he can start a career in Kpop,

[@kawings]

Being elected into South Korean President seat is not a good thing. Once the term is over the next destination will be into jail.

[@carlover1772]

All countries should be like that

[@sidakong9467]

You know almost all Korean presidents end up in jail, it’s nothing new.

[@frankfeng4728]

That's typically after the term ends.

[@monipenny408]

All S Korean presidents were Jap collaborators then and now U$ collaborators, SK was never sovereign.

[@Kin-75gcj]

上一任文在寅可没事

[@connectingthedots5987]

They understand that corruption is expensive but allow the western countries to bribe them anyway and they end up in prison while those who pay the bribe live in their mansions in Washington and Brussels

[@johnliew3437]

He is an American trapped in a S. Korean Body.

[@louis8743]

Make your statement relevant Wumao.😂😂😂

[@louis8743]

Make your statement relevant Wumao.😂😂😂

[@johnliew3437]

@@louis8743 He talk like an American, sing like an American and quack like an American. Can’t you see the obvious mr Pin head?

[@johnliew3437]

@@louis8743 He walk line an American, sing like an American and quack like an American. What else can he be pin head?

[@louis8743]

@johnliew3437 childish thinking Hahaha. The CCP members are using iphones, even the daughter of Huawei CEO is using iphone. These Chinese are Americans? Hahaha keep trying Wumao 😂😂😂

[@mgronich948]

The idea that the people can trigger the start of an impeachment process is a great idea. We should have this as well.

[@Yeest540]

The problem with that is that you have so many delusional liars that don't use actual facts. They'll kick and scream with their feelings until they get their way and write their own truth.

[@afro7942]

The effect of obeying the USA,

[@louis8743]

Make your statement relevant. 😂😂😂

[@louis8743]

Make your statement relevant. 😂😂😂

[@frost1804]

Without the USA there would have been no South Korea.

[@wakamakulet]

Obey your master or be kicked!

[@HmongMotorcyle]

We need this in the US.

[@normantan7796]

No, Both parties in US are actually Mafia, gangsters in suits. Whoever rules is no different. They fight b4 and after the election. Worse they fight during their terms and fight with other countries as well. US need someone not in these two parties. Both will bring the country down with their constant fighting and fighting the world. No peace with USA, only death and destruction follows.

[@tubby_1278]

Republicans were tryna impeach Biden

[@gc23336]

A PRESIDENT OF A COUNTRY - 1ST MAIN PRIORITY - PEACE AND SAFETY FOR ITS PEOPLE. Wise Koreans. There are always issues with people all around. Talk common understanding and compromise! Not whining, ganging up, provocations and dispute.

[@akitkumar8368]

Maybe he is not handsome anymore.. 🤔 The self-obsessed population

[@kyzy2235]

What are u fr 😅😅😅😅

[@jules263]

Gangnam style

[@robocophero5317]

@@kyzy2235 You can't deny their obsession plastic surgery🥴. These guys can't even accept their real facial features.

[@jyotinanoma6227]

😂😂😂😂😂 ye accha tha guru

[@timcoaster]

As a Korean, he is not doing his job, and with failing everywhere, with the ruling party defending him relentlessly. However, it's understandable that the opposition is reluctant to pursue an impeachment bill, because if the impeachment bill is not upheld in Constitutional Court of Korea, the opposition will face severe scrutiny, which can be a disaster for political career.

[@jyotinanoma6227]

Do you know any koreaN president who did good work??

[@kaimanyu586]

🎶Bye, bye Korean Pie..🎶Maybe if he starts singing, Koreans will forgive him?

[@ori5581]

여기까지 와서 헛소리하노 ㅋㅋ 제역할을 못한건 고향이 의심되는 북재인 뿐이다

[@kimmeilim1970]

Well all SK like to moan about everything even Fubao.. Maybe because BTS members are in army so they have nothing to pick on

[@robocophero5317]

Why do you think US provided so much support in the development of SK and Japan? So that when the local population go extinct and the new US migrants shift to these places, they could have proper infrastructure🙂

[@bourjoism3917]

They clearly don’t want him.

[@skwish6401]

SOKO president is intoxicated by overdose of Bidenica.

[@markdelavega4953]

The saddest part of the World.Highest swi side rate..Even the rich and famous delete themselves coz they are full fakes

[@joaquimbelbut4829]

Nice

[@arnavraval3317]

South Korea a part and a small child of U.S.A

[@IQ-Beasts]

Always chasing their leaders out all the time 😂 unserious country 😅

[@xman1533]

Good move by the people because he is a US puppet

[@ColtDee]

IT SOUNDS AS IF THE U.S.A.C.IA.MIGHT BE DOING THEIR THING HA HA..

[@janicedelacruzjian8105]

Regime change it’s their specialty

[@ods1123]

He's been working on rebuilding the infrastructure that'll help the country in the long run. It's unfortunate that SK presidents are limited to only one term. Repairing SK is going to take time, but the people are impatient.

[@milktealove]

You obviously don't know what you are talking about 😂

[@ods1123]

@@milktealove It took decades for the first Korean electronics and cars to be sold in the US - 1970s/80s. Then in 1997/98 SK decides to diversify into entertainment. Remember Whispering Corridors? It finally started to skyrocket in the 2010s. This takes years. What's the next industry that Korea has to diversify into? You have to grow the economy first. You can't just declare "bring the cost of housing down" and then it automatically happens.

[@ex0duzz]

He should be impeached just for singing american pie in English for Biden at the white House. Total disgrace.

[@user-ru5ug9hb8t]

CONGRATULATIONS

[@hdlk]

My respect for South-Korea everyday: 📈📈📈⬆

[@FazulSam]

We need this in Kenya!!

[@TheJagclash11]

whenever all the South Koran Presidents have their own ideas...for example to unite with the North...or let the industries spearhead in technologies and the world economy...the hidden hands would act this way...well also to leaders of other countries...they did this to Tun Dr Mahathir our PM sometime ago...{ doesn't mean I like him so much}..

[@sakshambhadoria9998]

He has failed on many fronts ranging from the economy, stemming the impending collapse of society,scandals tainting his personal image and not to mention the perennial Pyongyang problem. Popular support is turning against him. A hostile parliament opposed to his policies has made him a lame duck president. His party also feels he is a liability. In a nutshell, all the factors weigh against the president and its a matter of when then if.

[@Eatino9876]

Racism in south Korea📈

[@user-dv5if1hm2w]

I don't think Koreans are racist.

[@hdlk]

It's even worse in India and elsewhere. India favors light skins and looks down on dark skins. Same in Japan, China, and other Asian countries. In the US and Europe, you can get physically attacked or murdered for being another race.

[@OneStepBehindd]

Its the American pie wannabe..😂

[@eskay2012]

Yoon’s big brother in US has dispatch their MIB to work on their servers? Yoon is also unpopular because he has forgiven his neighbour, Japan for all their WW2’s atrocities in Korea.

[@monipenny408]

Yoon is simply a U$ entertainer, he sings to Biden on his state visit to U$A. LOL you really can't make this up, spineless leadership.

[@Cats-N-Music]

I dun need to watch this video to know why. He is a bum...

[@flyhigh4000]

From supporting korea to boycotting korea. The racism faced in korea has opened my eyes

[@Xi-lao]

There are still who are mad for those plastic skin

[@user-dv5if1hm2w]

I don't think Koreans are racist.

[@tubby_1278]

There's racism everywhere...even in America as so claimed by the left lol

[@hdlk]

It's even worse in India and elsewhere. India favors light people and looks down on dark skins. Same in Japan, China, and other Asian countries. In the US and Europe, you can get physically attacked or murdered for being another race.

[@hdlk]

But it's good that you stay out of the country. Don't come 👍😃

[@aliceyingshan2725]

I want Li Jun Ki for president. He's awesome.

[@flyhigh4000]

My respect for South-Korea everyday: 📉📉📉 Reason: Racism

[@user-dv5if1hm2w]

I don't think Koreans are racist.

[@xickasos]

Before look at what indians pakstans doing in Seoul then you can cry

[@tubby_1278]

Good for you lol

[@hdlk]

Good, stay out of the country 👍 My respect for South-Korea everyday: 📈📈📈⬆

[@CARL_093]

ohhhouuu someone is in BIG TROUBLE

[@carlover1772]

Philippines galaw galaw na follow after sokor!

[@teflerchina.2987]

South Koreans are still waiting for answers about the Gwangju massacre in 1980. Even though many have been given they are not satisfied as things are still being hidden. The S,K Government even blamed N.K for it when it was really a fight for democracy by Korean students. In 2018, South Korea’s defense ministry issued its first-ever apology for the massacre, following a five-month investigation. But many in Gwangju also want an apology from the United States, which at the time had operational control of all South Korean military units. Specifically, many Gwangju residents feel the U.S. could and should have done more to restrain their allies, especially after the South Korean military notified Washington it was moving an elite military unit away from U.S. control to deal with the unrest. “We have asked many times for the U.S. government to apologize … but they haven’t done that so far,” said Lee Jae-eui, who took part in the uprising and later co-authored an influential book on the uprising. In 1980 American trained Korean soldiers killed Korean citizens in a brilliant demonstration of what American training can do to desensitize soldiers of a nation to murder their own kind. By Stuart Smallwood A former mass-murdering dictator notorious for his rule during the Gwangju Massacre and for his unscrupulous theft from the South Korean people was granted a diplomatic travel passport from the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on September 18. This news comes from a report issued by Congressional Representative Hong Ik-pyo of the opposition Democratic United Party. Oct 2012. The report says former President Chun Doo-hwan Given diplomatic immunity to travel and has been given at least four of these five-year passports since 1988. They allow him to travel abroad immune from arrest despite his myriad crimes committed during his dictatorship and still owing South Korea roughly 149 million dollars of the money he stole during his tenure as military dictator between 1980-1988. His diplomatic status is also notwithstanding his responsibility for between 200 and 1000 deaths in the military suppression of the Gwangju Democratization Movement in May 1980 (with the explicit approval of the US, of course) as well as the torture and repression of countless citizens opposed to his government.And now Chun is globetrotting freely while his next of kin live comfortably within South Korea on money stolen from their fellow citizens. This is, of course, a trend for American allied countries. Just as people stood horrified at the Tiananman Square Massacre in 1989 yet to this day know very little about Gwangju (though the incidents were equal in severity) people howl about the human rights abuses of North Korea, but turn a blind eye to the United State’s own crimes. This includes the sanctions placed on Iran and North Korea that only lead to starvation of the common people and those sanctions that killed half a million Iraqi children in the 1990′s.

[@thelastdefenderofcamelot5623]

As long as he badmouth at Japan, the citizens will always be happy.

[@naalsocomment9449]

I wish the West would be as democratic like this and citizens could vote to remove unfitting polititians. Unfortunately it is the opposite and polititians try to stay in power even when elections show people want a change.

[@tapeshsharma9254]

Meanwhile Kimmy enjoying happy meal 🍔🍟🧋

[@yogitharanachandrasekhar4263]

People.High Court is a supreme Court people 4.7.2024

[@JG-pf2yd]

1984 vs brave new world

[@lingth]

Once you succeed in impeaching 1 President, you are so eager to try and do it to another..

[@TheJagclash11]

when this happen then truly the global south will have peace...

[@manikkalore1630]

They should change this country's name to Racist republic of SAMSUNG.

[@JemHadar422]

Vote him out, he’s way too hawkish and irresponsible.

[@TheJagclash11]

or am I wrong...

[@aintnohighenough]

It's sad how South Koreans even think of doing this while clearly the dictator in North Korea is enjoying this because this would peril the efforts of South Korea to defend against North Korea nowadays. It's just everything in South Korea, if everyone is doing it, you must too. I get it that it's a right, but looking at some point how bandwagon is common in South Korea, I just don't know if they will ever get a leader who will survive the position.

[@sathvik.mallela]

Seems samsung doesnt like the president anymore😂😂

[@tartibroucke6110]

The reasoncouse Raising risk of war with north korea ? 😂😂😂😂😂, how cowards Who sign the petition 😂😂😂😂

[@sakura_ki_mori]

뭐라노. 북한? 제대로 알지도 못하고 북한 타령하고 있네. 지금까지 윤석열은 국민을 위해 정치를 하고 있지 않고 있는데. 아무것도 모르면 최소 찾아보기나 하고 말해.

[@hengongchua6250]

He can go and sing his favorite song American Pie to his master.

[@aruniyengar5430]

Impeachment using Social media online petition ? Don't they have people represntative like congressmen or Member of Parliament? Using Social media petitions may be fake also.

[@somethingelse9228]

The petition is on the national assembly website, national assembly is South Korea's Lok Sabha

[@melindamaxwell7923]

Hey US wants to do this too!!

[@AlphaCookies]

Who wants american pie as his president 😅

[@kingscorpion26m]

Stinky Indian using iPhone 😂😂

[@TheJagclash11]

so South Korea do not repeat the same mistake...you need continuity in government for strength and your country to keep its growth and prosperity...to hold its place in the rightful position in the world...

[@Waridi23]

Aah the Joe curse strikes again...

[@user-on5pd8bv4u]

American puppet,😂😂

[@Vajrabodhi37]

😂👏😂

[@yogitharanachandrasekhar4263]

National railway peoples water collection national railway people sorry

[@CaptainRO-ih7xb]

The most Depressed country in the world who is on the verge of collapse. This country is internally hollow. Only left Mirage of lights...

[@R_Priest]

India #1. Amazing India.

[@himanshisharma487]

​@@R_Priesthe is not Indian. Not everyone commenting here are Indian mostly are foreigners

[@R_Priest]

@@himanshisharma487 Thanks.

[@priyansh4747]

They want to impeach only tough president they had in years 😂😂😂

[@mariajason3547]

Tough on who?on North Korea? He literally embarrassed everyone in korea for play date with japan and china..... The Health system is Falling,he cant make decision anymore.He makes the country upsides down....... If he think he can stop North korea,he needs to think twice..Seoul literally lies on its reach and all south korean lives are in Seoul..if should collapse so is the whole country...... He is disaster human being

[@josue_kay]

Yes, because he will be fighting on the front line when war breaks out, and not hiding away in a tax payer funded bunker... Very tough president.

[@TomW-ks3gp]

Korea does not have the caste system, so they can do what they want to.

[@gracenote108]

Their birth rates are fast approaching zero. They are on their way to extinction.

[@maitreyajambhulkar]

They do have a caste system. But they are not explicit about it.

[@IK_MK]

Nah bruh caste is EXCLUSIVE to india​@@maitreyajambhulkar If they do have a system then it's very different to India

[@kimbonhlane5444]

Power to people. This is why I am not a fan of democracy. Kim Jong-Un doesn't entertain this and rightly so

[@Itsderbyspace]

Bro really be comparing a city where citizen are starved to death under Kim jong un. To South Korea which is leading in insane amount of development. Crazy .

[@aintnohighenough]

It's sad how South Koreans even think of doing this while clearly the dictator in North Korea is enjoying this because this would peril the efforts of South Korea to defend against North Korea nowadays. It's just everything in South Korea, if everyone is doing it, you must too. I get it that it's a right, but looking at some point how bandwagon is common in South Korea, I just don't know if they will ever get a leader who will survive the position.

[@aintnohighenough]

It's sad how South Koreans even think of doing this while clearly the dictator in North Korea is enjoying this because this would peril the efforts of South Korea to defend against North Korea nowadays. It's just everything in South Korea, if everyone is doing it, you must too. I get it that it's a right, but looking at some point how bandwagon is common in South Korea, I just don't know if they will ever get a leader who will survive the position.

[@aintnohighenough]

It's sad how South Koreans even think of doing this while clearly the dictator in North Korea is enjoying this because this would peril the efforts of South Korea to defend against North Korea nowadays. It's just everything in South Korea, if everyone is doing it, you must too. I get it that it's a right, but looking at some point how bandwagon is common in South Korea, I just don't know if they will ever get a leader who will survive the position.

[@aintnohighenough]

It's sad how South Koreans even think of doing this while clearly the dictator in North Korea is enjoying this because this would peril the efforts of South Korea to defend against North Korea nowadays. It's just everything in South Korea, if everyone is doing it, you must too. I get it that it's a right, but looking at some point how bandwagon is common in South Korea, I just don't know if they will ever get a leader who will survive the position.