Parliament votes to impeach Park: 234 for, 56 against
PoliticsDec 9, 2016
South Korea’s parliament voted to impeach President Park Geun-hye on Friday, in a culmination of weekslong political turmoil over an allegation that Park’s friend Choi Soon-sil manipulated power from behind the scenes. The parliamentary impeachment bill was passed 234-56. It is now up to the nine judges of the Constitutional Court to decide whether Park should be removed from office. Civil servants of Seoul watch the live news on Park's impeachment. (Yonhap)The conservative leader will be suspe