South Korea's ruling party chairman Han Dong-hoon has resigned

Han Dong-hoon, chairman of South Korea's ruling Civic Force party, said he is resigning amid growing internal struggles following the National Assembly's vote to impeach President Yun Seok-yol. This was reported by Yonhap News Agency on Monday, December 16.

"I am stepping down as leader of the People's Power Party <...> It has become impossible for me to fulfill my duties as party leader due to the collapse of the party's Supreme Council," the agency quoted him as saying.

Khan had initially promised to continue performing his duties, but changed his stance amid mounting pressure to resign. The decision was also accompanied by the resignation of all five elected members of the party's Supreme Council, considered closely linked to Khan, the news outlet reported.

Newly elected faction leader Kwon Song-dong will become the acting head of the conservative party.

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The situation in South Korea escalated in early December. Yun Seok-yol declared martial law in the country. The reason for this step he called the threat of paralysis of power, arising from attempts to conduct impeachment proceedings. The commander of the emergency regime - Chief of Staff of the Ground Forces Park Ahn Soo - noted that until martial law is lifted in the republic, the activities of the parliament, political parties and associations are prohibited. Military equipment was brought to the streets of Seoul.

The opposition party of the republic, in turn, demanded the resignation of the head of state and said it intended to charge Yoon Seok-yeol with treason. At the same time, all heads and senior secretaries of the presidential administration of South Korea resigned. In addition, the labor unions of the republic announced a general strike.

Then, on December 11, the South Korean police searched the presidential administration and police departments. The searches were conducted by a special investigation team to investigate martial law-related activities. The next day, Yoon Seok-yeol said he had no intention of leaving office and would resist attempts to impeach him.

The next day, the first deputy chairman of the Defense Committee, Aleksey Zhuravlev, shared with Izvestiya an opinion that the probable cause of the political crisis in South Korea could beUS discontent with President Yun Seok-yol because of his possible refusal to sell weapons to Ukraine.