South Korea impeachment: jubilation in Seoul as president Yoon Suk Yeol impeached – as it happened

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It is now almost 11.30pm in Seoul, so it is time for us to close this blog on a historic day for South Korea. For a full report of what happened today you can read our correspondents’ piece here:

And we also have this explainer on what happens next:

Thanks for joining us.

Updated at 2.27pm GMT

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Yoon is the third South Korean president impeached while in office.

In 2016, parliament impeached Park Geun-hye, the country’s first female president, over a corruption scandal. The Constitutional Court upheld her impeachment and dismissed her from office.

In 2004, President Roh Moo-hyun was impeached at parliament over an alleged election law violation but the court later overturned his impeachment and restored his presidential powers.