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Park Geun-hye: South Korea lawmakers vote to impeach leader
« on: December 10, 2016, 06:27:00 am »
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Park Geun-hye: South Korea lawmakers vote to impeach leader

South Korea's parliament has voted to impeach President Park Geun-hye over a corruption scandal.

The motion passed by 234 votes to 56, meaning some members of Ms Park's ruling Saenuri party voted in favour.

Hwang Kyo-ahn, the country's prime minister, has become interim president.

Thousands of people took to the streets in recent weeks demanding Ms Park's removal. After the vote, she again apologised that she had "created this national chaos with my carelessness".

Read More At: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38259984

It probably doesn't affect us much but a major event nonetheless.