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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Raphael Rashid in Seoul and Justin McCurry in Tokyo

South Korean parliament votes to impeach president

South Korea’s parliament has voted to impeach the president, Yoon Suk Yeol, almost two weeks after his short-lived declaration of martial law plunged the country into its worst political crisis for decades.

In dramatic scenes at the national assembly in Seoul, 204 lawmakers voted for an opposition motion to impeach Yoon, while an estimated 200,000 protesters outside demanded he be thrown out of office.

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