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| Park Geun-hye: S Korea lawmakers vote to impeach leader | Park Geun-hye: S Korea lawmakers vote to impeach leader |
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| South Korea's parliament has voted to impeach President Park Geun-hye over a corruption scandal. | South Korea's parliament has voted to impeach President Park Geun-hye over a corruption scandal. |
| The National Assembly motion passed by 234 votes to 56, meaning some members of Ms Park's ruling Saenuri party voted to impeach her. | The National Assembly motion passed by 234 votes to 56, meaning some members of Ms Park's ruling Saenuri party voted to impeach her. |
| Ms Park's authority now passes to Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn. | Ms Park's authority now passes to Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn. |
| She has been embroiled in a political scandal that led thousands of Koreans to take to the streets in recent weeks demanding her removal from power. | She has been embroiled in a political scandal that led thousands of Koreans to take to the streets in recent weeks demanding her removal from power. |
| At the heart of the crisis is the relationship between Ms Park and her close confidante, Choi Soon-sil, who stands accused of using her connections to gain influence and financial benefits. | At the heart of the crisis is the relationship between Ms Park and her close confidante, Choi Soon-sil, who stands accused of using her connections to gain influence and financial benefits. |
| Prosecutors say Ms Park had a "considerable" role in the alleged corruption, which she has denied. However, she has repeatedly and publicly apologised for her close ties with Ms Choi - who has no official post. | |
| With public anger mounting and weekly protests drawing hundreds of thousands of people calling for her removal, Ms Park cut an isolated and and embattled figure. | |
| The first female president of South Korea, Ms Park was the daughter of a former military strongman who seized power to become president. He was later assassinated, as was her mother and Ms Park herself has survived a knife attack. | |
| The vote means Ms Park is now suspended from her position, but the decision still needs final approval from the nine-judge constitutional court, which has six months to deliberate. | The vote means Ms Park is now suspended from her position, but the decision still needs final approval from the nine-judge constitutional court, which has six months to deliberate. |
| If it upholds the decision, only then would Ms Park be dismissed. She would then become the first sitting South Korean president to be deposed in the country's democratic era. | If it upholds the decision, only then would Ms Park be dismissed. She would then become the first sitting South Korean president to be deposed in the country's democratic era. |