South Korea’s president gets a salary hike despite impeachment
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Yoon Suk Yeol will earn £12,195 a month in 2025. South Korea's impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol will receive a salary hike despite the ongoing investigation for placing his country under martial law last year. Mr Yoon's salary for 2025 will increase by 3 per cent to 262.6m won (£147,000) from 254.9m won (£142,599) last year, the government said.
The president received a hike in line with the salary increase for all government officials in the country. Mr Yoon continues to draw a steep salary despite being suspended from office. He will now earn 21.8m won (£12,195) per month. South Korean presidents are entitled to 95 per cent of their salary for the rest of their lives after leaving office, the Korea Herald reported.
Mr Yoon was suspended from his duties on 14 December 2024 after being impeached over the shortlived martial law declaration earlier that month. The Constitutional Court is preparing to rule on the validity of his impeachment by the National Assembly. If it clears the parliamentary decision, Mr Yoon will be removed from office.
The martial law decree, the country’s first in 40 years, ended after just six hours when the National Assembly voted to withdraw it, despite attempts by armed soldiers to prevent lawmakers from assembling. Mr Yoon is facing a separate investigation for alleged insurrection and abuse of power. The impeached president has so far evaded arrest despite investigators securing two warrants for his detention.
