K-Turmoil
Demonstrations and counter-demonstrations in Seoul between the failed proclamation of martial law by President Yoon Suk Yeol on December 3, 2024 and his removal from office four months later.
Pro-Yoon protest, Gwanghwamun Square, Seoul, December 21, 2024.
Anti-Yoon candlelight vigil, Seoul, December 5, 2024.
Pro-Yoon protester, Seoul, December 14, 2024.
Anti-Yoon protest, Gwanghwamun Square, Seoul, December 21, 2024.
Peo-Yoon protest, Gwanghwamun Square, Seoul, December 21, 2024.
Anti-Yoon candlelight vigil, Seoul, December 7, 2024.
Pro-Yoon Christian protest, Gwanghwamun Square, Seoul, December 14, 2024.
Anti-Yoon Christian protest, Seoul, December 7, 2024.
Anti-Yoon candlelight vigil, Seoul, December 7, 2024.
Pro-Yoon protesters near the presidential residence in Hannam, Seoul, December 31, 2024.
Anti-Yoon protesters near the presidential residence in Hannam, Seoul, December 31, 2024. The sign reads “decapitation”.
Pro-Yoon protesters near the presidential residence in Hannam, Seoul, December 31, 2024.
Anti-Yoon candlelight vigil, Seoul, December 7, 2024.
Pro-Yoon protester near the presidential residence in Hannam, Seoul, January 5, 2025.
Anti-Yoon protest, Gwanghwamun Square, Seoul, December 21, 2024.
A prison van takes Yoon Suk Yeol back to the Seoul Detention Center after a hearing before the Constitutional Court, January 21, 2025.
Pro-Yoon protester, Seoul, February 21, 2025.
Anti-Yoon protester, Seoul, March 11, 2025.
Police officers stand guard near the Constitutional Court in Seoul during a hearing with Yoon Suk Yeol, January 21, 2025.
Anti-Yoon protest in front of Gyeongbokgung Palace, Seoul, March 11 2025.
Pro-Yoon protester near the presidential residence in Hannam, Seoul, January 5, 2025.
Police officers block the access to the Constitutional Court in Seoul on April 4, 2025, the day of the verdict removing Yoon from office.
Police buses block the access to the Constitutional Court in Seoul on April 4, 2025, the day of the verdict removing Yoon from office.
A dancer celebrates Yoon’s removal from office in Seoul, on April 4, 2025.
Anti-Yoon protesters celebrate the president’s removal from office in Seoul, on April 4, 2025.
Police officers monitor a pro-Yoon protest on Gwanghwamun Square one day after the Constitutional Court’s verdict, on April 5, 2025.
Pro-Yoon protesters gather on Gwanghwamun Square one day after the Constitutional Court’s verdict, on April 5, 2025.
President Yoon Suk Yeol prepares to deliver an address to the nation on december 7, 2024, shortly before the vote by the National Assembly on his first impeachment motion (which failed, but the second, a week later, was successful).
Justice Moon Hyungbae, the president of the Constitutional Court, reads the ruling removing president Yoon Suk Yeol from office on April 4, 2025.
