The Korea Times
One year after former President Yoon Suk Yeol's ouster over his December 2024 martial law crisis, the People Power Party (PPP), to which he belonged, is facing its worst slump in years. A new poll shows the main opposition party trailing the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) by 30 percentage points — the widest gap between the two parties since 2018. The anniversary did not pass quietly. Both pro- and anti-Yoon rallies were held in Seoul on Saturday, the one-year anniversary of the Constitutional Court's decision to uphold the National Assembly's impeachment motion against him, underscoring how he continues to divide the country. From detention, Yoon released an Easter message shared through his lawyer, urging supporters to persevere. "Even if the current times are difficult and hard, I pray that this Easter Sunday becomes one where we are reborn as children of God, enduring hardship and holding onto the hope of salvation," he wrote. The message points to a continuing challenge for the PPP: Yoon’s ongoing visibility remains a political liability, and the party is paying the pr
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