South Korea’s opposition-led parliament impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday, voting to suspend him from his official duties over his short-lived attempt last week to impose martial law.
Under the constitution Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, who was appointed by Yoon, becomes acting president.
Yoon is the second conservative president in a row to be impeached in South Korea. Park Geun-hye was removed from office in 2017.
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The motion was carried after some members of Yoon’s People Power Party joined the opposition parties, which control 192 seats in the 300-member national assembly, clearing the two-thirds threshold needed for impeachment.
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