South Korea's snap presidential election was widely expected to be held on June 3 after former President Yoon Suk-yeol's ouster from office last week, multiple media outlets, including Yonhap news agency, said Monday (April 7).
An unidentified government official was quoted by Yonhap, local daily Chosun Ilbo and other media as saying that the date of the election will be confirmed at the scheduled cabinet meeting on Tuesday.
According to the report, Yoon is preparing to leave the presidential residence, but the date and the place to which he will move are not yet confirmed. It is reported that Yoon may leave the residence as soon as the end of this week due to the security program and the restructuring of her private house.
It is expected that Yoon will move to his private residence in Seocho District, Seoul, where he has been staying for about six months since he became president in May 2022, after he leaves the residence.
Yoon will be provided with security protection by the police department for up to 10 years, and it is customary for the former president to have about 20 to 30 officers providing security services to him.
Yoon was removed from office with the constitutional court's unanimous ruling on Friday to uphold his impeachment motion by the National Assembly.
By law, an acting president is required to designate the date of a presidential election in 10 days and hold the snap election in 60 days after a president's removal.
Yoon declared an emergency martial law on the night of Dec. 3, 2024, but it was revoked by the opposition-led National Assembly hours later.
The impeachment motion against Yoon was passed in the parliament on Dec. 14, 2024, and he was indicted on Jan. 26 as a suspected ringleader of insurrection.
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