South Korea's ousted president Yoon Suk Yeol has announced he's leaving his ruling People Power Party. It comes as the PPP's candidate is trailing in the polls for the country's upcoming snap presidential elections.
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00:00South Korea's oustered President Yoon Suk-yul has announced he's leaving the ruling People
00:05Power Party.
00:06Yoon made the announcement on social media.
00:09South Korea's National Assembly impeached Yoon last December after he suddenly declared
00:14martial law.
00:15The country's Constitutional Court upheld the impeachment in April, officially removing
00:20him from office.
00:21According to polls, the PPP's candidate Kim Moon-soo has fallen far behind his opponent
00:27Lee Jae-myung of the opposition Democratic Party in the lead-up to snap presidential elections
00:32in June.