South Korea Cabinet to decide on June 3 presidential election date: Yonhap

SEOUL – South Korea’s Cabinet is expected to finalise a June 3 date for a presidential election following the

removal of Yoon Suk Yeol

last week for his short-lived martial law declaration, Yonhap News Agency said on April 7.

Although not required by law, the Cabinet will make the decision at a meeting on April 8, as it needs to approve a holiday for the event, Yonhap cited an unidentified government official as saying.

Yoon was removed by the Constitutional Court on grounds of having violated his official duty by issuing the martial law decree on Dec 3 and mobilising troops to halt parliamentary proceedings.

The law requires a

new presidential election

within 60 days if the incumbent dies or is removed from office.

An official of the National Election Commission said the date mentioned in media reports was not final and would not become official until declared by Acting President Han Duck-soo. REUTERS