The leader of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) on Wednesday emphasized the importance of efforts to deepen the alliance between Seoul and Washington as U.S. President Donald Trump began his second term.

Few Korean politicians are as loved — or reviled — as Rep. Lee Jae-myung, chief of the liberal Democratic Party (DP) and the current polling favorite to succeed impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol.

Liberal enthusiasm for ousting South Korea’s president is seen fading.

With the fate of suspended South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol hanging in the balance, the country has also been left facing an uncertain future as it battles through the resulting political turmoil.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol appeared in a Seoul court for his impeachment trial Tuesday, defending his short-lived martial law bid and denying charges that he ordered the military to drag lawmakers away.

South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has been formally arrested, days after being apprehended at his presidential compound in Seoul.

Rep. Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party of Korea chair and likely presidential front-runner, attended court Friday for corruption charges dating back to his time as mayor of Seongnam, a city in Gyeonggi Province near Seoul.

South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has been formally arrested, days after being apprehended at his presidential compound in Seoul

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol attended on Tuesday a Constitutional Court hearing of his impeachment trial where he denied ordering military commanders to drag lawmakers out of parliament during his short-lived bid to impose martial law.

The assembly impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol last month, but the Constitutional Court will decide whether to formally dismiss or reinstate him.

Given the recent political developments involving Yoon, it is not a stretch to assume that more Korean people would support the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea rather than the arrested president’s People Power Party.