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The secret to success as a South Korean leader? Don't retire.

Graphic showing how many South Korean leaders have had unfortunate ends to their time as leaders.
Riley Callanan

Impeached former President Yoon Suk Yeol isn’t the first leader of South Korea to face the courts after leaving office. And, if you look over South Korean history, his is actually one of the better outcomes. Of its 13 leaders since 1948, five were indicted, one was exiled, one was assassinated, one committed suicide, and two were pushed out in a coup.

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