The conservative party of embattled South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol faces a quandary: How do members distance themselves from an unpopular leader without handing a big win to their political opponents.
For now, they are trying to accomplish that by blocking Yoon’s impeachment in a vote set to take place in the coming days over his imposition of martial law earlier this week, while also asking him to quit the People Power Party, or PPP.
Han Dong-hoon, the party’s leader, sought to thread that needle in a meeting with colleagues on Thursday, saying he condemned Yoon’s "unconstitutional martial law" while also saying he needs to think about "the hearts of my supporters as a conservative politician."
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