Kim Min-seok (C), chief of the ruling Democratic Party, speaks as the party's lawmakers stage a protest rally at the National Assembly in Seoul on Sept. 22, 2026, to call for Supreme Court Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae to step down after Cho rejected the presidential office's request to re-recommend a candidate for a top court justice post, saying he could find no constitutional grounds for doing so. (Yonhap)

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