SEOUL šC South Korea¡¯s government was paralyzed Monday, mired in a new constitutional crisis after President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea clung to his office, but his own party¡¯s leader suggested that he had been ousted from power.
Yoon has barely been seen in public since his ill-fated decision last week to declare martial law. Meanwhile, Han Dong-hoon, chair of Yoon¡¯s People Power Party (PPP), has presented himself as the government¡¯s decision maker and said the president is no longer running the country.
The trouble is that South Korea¡¯s constitution doesn¡¯t allow for anyone to replace the president unless he resigns or is impeached.
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