SK church leaders pray for 'stability,' warn against becoming ‘Squid Game nation' after Pres. Yoon Suk-yeol's impeachment

Following the National Assembly's passage of the impeachment motion against President Yoon Suk-yeol on Dec. 14, religious leaders have called on the Korean Church to pray for the stability of South Korea. The impeachment vote came after the president briefly imposed martial law, a move that was widely condemned.

Some church leaders, however, also cautioned that the issues the president raised about the opposition deserve attention. Using their majority in the National Assembly, they imposed severe budget cuts, pursued impeachments of a series of high-ranking officials and made efforts to shield the opposition leader from facing his own legal issues.

The Rev. Jung Seo-young, president of the Christian Council of Korea (CCK), stated, “We must observe the situation calmly and wait for the Constitutional Court's ruling on President Yoon’s impeachment. Regardless of whether President Yoon is impeached or not, we must pray for the stability of our nation.”

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