Celebration broke out in the streets of Seoul, South Korea after the nation's National Assembly voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol following his short-lived attempt to declare martial law earlier this month.
Citizens were captured on video parading in the streets and waving the South Korean flag.
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On Dec. 3, President Yoon declared martial law and attempted to prevent assembly members from striking down the measure by placing troops at parliament. However, legislators fought past armed personnel and made it into parliament, promptly voting down the president's mandate.
Yoon has since been the subject of an intense barrage of criticism, with both opposition party members as well as his own party turning against him and calling for his removal from office. Last week, opposition party members attempted to impeach Yoon in a measure that was boycotted by members of Yoon's own party, who had hoped the president would voluntarily resign and not need to be impeached.
Instead, Yoon doubled down.
On Thursday, he delivered a galvanizing speech in which he swore to protect his nation and vowed to "fight until the last moment with the people."
Following Yoon's refusal to resign, his own party turned against him and voted to impeach him on Saturday.
Protests outside of South Korea's National Assembly building evolved into celebrations and partying after protesters learned that the legislation voted to remove him from office.
"He surely tried to have a war against the citizens so this is just what he deserved," one protestor, Lim Dong Eon, told CNN.
After the vote, Yoon stated he would "stop temporarily for now, but the journey to the future that I've walked with the people for the past two years should not stop."
"I will not give up," he said in a statement.
"With all the encouragement and support for me in mind, I will do my best until the last moment for the nation," he continued.
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