“Order: The respondent, President Yoon Suk Yeol, is removed from office.”

At 11:22 a.m. sharp on April 4, acting Constitutional Court Chief Justice Moon Hyung-bae delivered the historic verdict that sealed not only Yoon’s fate, but also that of the nation. Outside the courthouse, tens of thousands of people erupted — cheering, crying and embracing in jubilation at the triumph of Korean democracy; others collapsed in disbelief and anger.

The unanimous ruling by the court’s eight justices, presented in elegant literature logically and semantically, illuminated the nation’s path forward. The months of political limbo that had followed Yoon’s short-lived martial law decree of Dec. 3, 2024, had laid bare the face of a bitterly polarized society.

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