Editing History of South Korea (section)

===Yoon Suk-yeol, 2022–2025===
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On 29 October 2022, at least [[Seoul Halloween crowd crush|153 people were crushed to death]] when a crowd surged in an alleyway during [[Halloween]] festivities in Seoul's [[Itaewon]] district. President Yoon declared a state of official national mourning.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kim |first=Mina |date=2022-10-30 |title=President Yoon declares 'national mourning period'...Visit to Itaewon disaster site |url=https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/politics/politics_general/1064838.html |work=[[The Hankyoreh]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=At least 153 killed in crowd crush during Halloween festivities in Seoul |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/29/dozens-of-people-crushed-by-large-crowd-at-halloween-festivities-in-south-korea |work=the Guardian |date=30 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

The "Unification Act on the Calculation of Age" took effect on 28 June 2023. The "Unification Act on the Calculation of Age" was promoted to resolve social and administrative confusion and disputes arising from mixing various age calculation methods. It is President Yoon Suk Yeol's representative presidential election pledge and the 13th of the 120 state affairs of the Yoon Suk Yeol government.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-27 |title=Yoon Seok-yeol's government's national task 'Unification of Man-age Act' was promulgated today |url=https://www.moleg.go.kr/board.es?mid=a10501000000&bid=0048&list_no=251821&act=view&nPage=1 |website=Ministry of Government Legislation of the Republic of Korea}}</ref>

In the 22nd National Assembly [[2024 South Korean legislative election|election]] held on 10 April 2024, the People Power Party to which Yoon Suk Yeol belongs won 108 out of 300 seats, while the opposition Democratic Party of Korea won 175.<ref>{{Cite news |title=See the results of the 22nd general election vote count |url=https://www.bbc.com/korean/articles/c06045ln53lo |work=BBC Korea}}</ref>

In June 2024, South Korea suspended the 2018 [[Panmunjom Declaration|military agreement]] with North Korea.<ref>{{cite web |title=South Korea Fully Suspends Military Deal With North Korea After Tensions Over Trash Balloons |url=https://thediplomat.com/2024/06/south-korea-fully-suspends-military-deal-with-north-korea-after-tensions-over-trash-balloons/ |website=thediplomat.com}}</ref> 

On 3 December 2024, [[2024 South Korean martial law crisis|Yoon enacted martial law]] to rid the opposition of 'Anti-State Influence'. Following a few hours of unrest, the National Assembly unanimously passed a motion to lift martial law. Many hours of protest later, with the army unable to stand down without presidential authority, Yoon lifted his prior declaration of martial law and ordered the military to stand down.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mao |first1=Frances |last2=Kwon |first2=Jake |title=South Korea martial law: What happens next? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0lgw1pw5zpo |work=www.bbc.com}}</ref>

[[Impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol|Yoon was subsequently impeached]] on 14 December by the National Assembly and suspended from office pending a final ruling by the [[Constitutional Court of Korea|Constitutional Court]] on whether to confirm his removal from the presidency.<ref>{{cite news |title=South Korea's leadership crisis in hands of Constitutional Court |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-koreas-constitutional-court-decide-impeached-presidents-fate-2024-12-14/ |access-date=22 February 2025 |publisher=reuters.com/}}</ref>

On 29 December 2024, Jeju Air [[Jeju Air Flight 2216|plane crash]] at [[Muan International Airport]] in South Korea killed 179 people, being the deadliest air disaster on the nation's soil.<ref>{{cite news |title=South Korea to release preliminary report of Jeju Air crash by Monday |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-release-preliminary-report-jeju-air-crash-by-monday-2025-01-25/ |access-date=22 February 2025 |publisher=www.reuters.com}}</ref>

On 4 April 2025, in a unanimous 8-0 verdict, the Constitutional Court [[Impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol#Verdict|upheld]] Yoon's impeachment, formally removing him from office and laying the groundwork for a [[2025 South Korean presidential election|new Presidential election]] to be held later that year.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-08 |title=South Korea to hold presidential election on 3 June after impeachment turmoil |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd7ve4qnlw9o |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>