Impeachment motion highlights South Korea's generational gap

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment vote is highlighting a widening generational chasm.

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On one side are older, conservative voters, who back Mr Yoon. The other end represents younger, more liberal South Koreans, who blame the President and his political allies for a lack of job opportunities and for holding them back.

This divide, long a feature of national politics, was hard to miss on Dec 7. Across Seoul, thousands of people gathered to voice their opinion on an impeachment motion against Mr Yoon, whose bungled declaration of martial law on the night of Dec 3 rattled the country and allies like the US.

The President's fate hangs on the outcome of the vote, though it was unclear if the vote will happen after ruling party lawmakers walked away.