Friday, 9 December 2016

Published 08:15:00 by

South Korea's parliament votes to impeach President Park Geun-hye

Lawmakers in South Korea's National Assembly voted overwhelmingly Friday to impeach President Park Geun-hye over a corruption scandal. The vote was 234-56, with six abstentions. The country's Constitutional Court will now deliberate the impeachment motion, a process that could take up to 180 daysPark apologized on national TV following the vote, saying she was careless and had caused a "