National Zero · South Korean lawmakers move ahead on impeaching Yoon - National ZeroWe can’t say that conservative South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law declaration this week DEFINITELY backfired because he was already facing impeachment before the fucking stupid-ass move. But the Yonhap News Agency reports that now the opposition is completely unified with 191 lawmakers in the National Assembly signing on to a resolution for impeachment, which requires two-thirds of the 300-member chamber to pass and suspend Yoon from office pending a trial. Which means, per Yonhap, the opposition will have to peel off eight votes from Yoon’s People Power Party to move forward (obviously there’s a math discrepancy here, but maybe there’s an empty seat). How tall of an order that is we don’t know. One on hand there was definitely opposition to the martial law declaration from within the PPP, but on the other no Assembly members from the party sponsored this motion. Dem lawmakers say they’re going to put it to the floor within on either Friday […]