Seoul, South Korea - April 12, 2025 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of pro-Yoon Suk-yeol demonstrators waving South Korean, American national flags, holding banners reading "Yoon Again!", shouting slogans
2. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Kang Min-jin, pro-Yoon protester (starting with shot 1):
"I thought this country was everything-like, this was our whole life. But it turns out it wasn't. I kept thinking, 'This country can't keep going down this path,' and that's why I've been coming here continuously since 2019."
3. Various of pro-Yoon demonstrators waving flags, holding banners
4. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Kwon Jeong-taek, pro-Yoon protester (starting with shot 3):
"The impeachment that occurred wasn't a legitimate one. So I believe we have to stop this impeachment by any means. It's invalid. With that conviction, I come out here like this every week."
5. Various of demonstrator waving flag featuring Yoon's portrait
6. Various of demonstrators waving flags, shouting slogans

Thousands of demonstrators gathered in central Seoul on Saturday in a charged vocal show of support for impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol - just over a week after the Constitutional Court upheld the National Assembly's decision to remove him from office.

With South Korea's presidential election officially scheduled for early June, the political climate is rapidly heating up. Many of the protesters claim they're not just backing Yoon, but also opposing what they perceive as an unfair, politically motivated impeachment process - calling for his reinstatement even as potential successors from major parties begin throwing their hats into the ring.

"I thought this country was everything—like, this was our whole life. But it turns out it wasn't. I kept thinking, 'This country can't keep going down this path,' and that's why I've been coming here continuously since 2019," said Kang Min-jin, a pro-Yoon protester.

Yoon was ousted on April 4, when the Constitutional Court upheld a motion passed by the National Assembly to impeach him over his short-lived martial law imposition last December.

Despite the court's unanimous ruling that Yoon violated constitutional limits on his power, his supporters argued the judgment was not in line with the public will.

"The impeachment that occurred wasn't a legitimate one. So, I believe we have to stop this impeachment by any means. It’s invalid. With that conviction, I come out here like this every week," said Kwon Jeong-taek, another protester supporting Yoon.

Meanwhile, political parties are scrambling to nominate their presidential candidates. Names from both the ruling and opposition camps are being floated, but the real question is who will be able to unite a deeply divided electorate just weeks before voters head to the polls.

The South Korean government has formally set June 3 for the snap presidential election, a date confirmed in a cabinet meeting presided over by Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, who has been the acting president since Yoon’s removal.

Under South Korean law, when a president is removed from office, an acting president must set a date for a snap election within 10 days, with the election required to take place within 60 days. The election day has been designated a temporary national holiday.

韓国・ソウル-2025年4月12日（CGTN-中国大陸での使用は不可）
1.集会進行中、韓国や米国の国旗、「ユン、アゲイン」と記された横断幕などを持つ参加者
2.同録（韓国語）集会参加者　カン・ミンジンさん
「この国こそがすべて、まるで私たちの人生だと思っていたが、そうではなかった。このままではいけないと思い、2019年からここに来ている」
3.集会進行中、参加者
4.同録（韓国語）集会参加者　クォン・ジョンテクさん
「この弾劾は正当なものではない。何としても阻止したい。その信念のもと、私は毎週こうしてここに来ている」
5.尹氏の写真が入った旗
6.集会進行中、参加者

　韓国の尹錫悦前大統領の罷免にする反対する集会が12日、ソウルの中心部で開かれ、数千人の参加者は「罷免決定は民意に反する」と主張した。

　韓国の憲法裁判所は4日、昨年12月に「非常戒厳」を宣言した尹大統領に対する国会の弾劾訴追を裁判官の全員一致で妥当と判断し、尹氏を罷免する決定を下した。

　集会参加者は尹前大統領を支持するだけでなく、不公平で政治的な動機に基づく弾劾手続きに反対していると主張し、大統領の復権を求めた。

　＜集会参加者　カン・ミンジンさん＞
　「この国こそがすべて、まるで私たちの人生だと思っていたが、そうではなかった。このままではいけないと思い、2019年からここに来ている」

　＜集会参加者　クォン・ジョンテクさん＞
　「この弾劾は正当なものではない。何としても阻止したい。その信念のもと、私は毎週こうしてここに来ている」

　4日の決定を受けて、憲法の規定により60日以内に大統領選挙が行われることを背景に、韓国政府は大統領選挙の投票日を6月3日とすることを決定した。こうした中、韓国の政界では立候補の動きが加速している。投票日までわずか数週間のうち、対立が深まる有権者を誰がまとめ上げられるかが焦点となっている。