Editing Impeachment (section)

=== South Korea ===
{{Main|Constitutional Court of Korea#Impeachment}}
[[File:Yoon Suk Yeol at the 3rd hearing of impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court on January 21, 2025.jpg|thumb|The Constitutional Court of Korea holding a hearing in the [[Impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol|impeachment trial]] for President [[Yoon Suk Yeol]], with Yoon in attendance (on the right) as the defendant, 21 January 2025]]
According to the Article 65(1) of [[Constitution of South Korea]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://elaw.klri.re.kr/eng_service/lawView.do?lang=ENG&hseq=1 |title=Constitution of the Republic of Korea |publisher=Korea Legislation Research Institute |access-date=2022-05-05 |archive-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308124813/https://elaw.klri.re.kr/eng_service/lawView.do?lang=ENG&hseq=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> the [[President of South Korea|President]], the [[Prime Minister of South Korea|Prime Minister]], members of the [[State Council of South Korea|State Council]], heads of Executive Ministries, [[Justice of the Constitutional Court of Korea|Justices of the Constitutional Court]], judges, members of the [[National Election Commission (South Korea)|National Election Commission]], the chairperson and members of the [[Board of Audit and Inspection]] can be impeached by the [[National Assembly (South Korea)|National Assembly]] if they violate the Constitution or other statutory duties. By article 65(2) of the Constitution, proposal of an impeachment motion requires at least a third of the members, while passage needs an absolute majority of votes among the entire membership of the National Assembly. However, exceptionally, the impeachment of a president needs an absolute majority to propose and a two-thirds supermajority of votes to pass among the entire membership of the [[National Assembly (South Korea)|National Assembly]]. When the impeachment proposal is passed in the National Assembly, it is reviewed by the [[Constitutional Court of Korea]], according to article 111(1) of the Constitution. During this process, the impeached officeholder is suspended from exercising power by article 65(3) of the Constitution.

Since the establishment of the [[Republic of Korea]] in 1948, the National Assembly has impeached three presidents: [[Roh Moo-hyun]] in 2004, [[Impeachment of Park Geun-hye|Park Geun-hye in 2016]],<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Kim |first1=Da-sol |title=Revisiting Roh Moo-hyun impeachment |url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20161208000727 |access-date=9 February 2021 |work=[[The Korea Herald]] |date=8 December 2016 |language=en |archive-date=24 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224154400/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20161208000727 |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol|Yoon Suk Yeol in 2024]] following [[2024 South Korean martial law|his declaration of martial law]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Kim |first1=Stella |last2=Jett |first2=Jennifer |date=2024-12-14 |title=South Korean president is impeached over martial law declaration |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/south-korean-president-second-impeachment-vote-martial-law-rcna184087 |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=NBC News |language=en |archive-date=14 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241214114911/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/south-korean-president-second-impeachment-vote-martial-law-rcna184087 |url-status=live }}</ref> Although Roh's impeachment was rejected by the Constitutional Court, Park and Yoon were later removed from office by the final Constitutional Court ruling.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-04-04 |title=South Korea to head to the polls after President Yoon Suk Yeol is ousted |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-president-yoon-suk-yeol-ousted |access-date=2025-04-05 |work=The Straits Times |language=en |issn=0585-3923}}</ref>

In February 2021, Judge Lim Seong-geun of the Busan High Court was impeached by the National Assembly for meddling in politically sensitive trials, the first ever impeachment of a judge in Korean history. Unlike presidential impeachments, only a simple majority is required to impeach.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2021/02/04/national/politics/Lim-Seonggeun-Kim-Myeongsu-impeach/20210204182700657.html|date=4 February 2021|title=Legislature impeaches judge for political meddling|agency=[[Korea JoongAng Daily]]|access-date=9 February 2021|archive-date=19 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219203935/https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2021/02/04/national/politics/Lim-Seonggeun-Kim-Myeongsu-impeach/20210204182700657.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Judge Lim's term expired before the Constitutional Court could render a verdict, leading the court to dismiss the case without ruling on it merits.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2022/10/113_317782.html | title=Constitutional Court rejects first-ever impeachment of judge | date=28 October 2021 | access-date=14 October 2022 | archive-date=14 October 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014042424/https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2022/10/113_317782.html | url-status=live }}</ref>