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South Korea President To Face Second Martial Law Impeachment Vote

Police stand guard while blocking a road as demonstrators in Seoul call for the ouster of South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol (Credit: AFP)

South Korean lawmakers are set to vote Saturday on whether to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed martial law bid, in a second parliamentary showdown that appeared on a knife edge.

A week after a first attempt to remove Yoon for the martial law debacle foundered, the National Assembly will vote Saturday around 4:00 pm (0700 GMT) on whether to impeach the president for "insurrectionary acts undermining the constitutional order".

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