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Lawmakers voted on Saturday to remove Yoon from office over his "insurrectionary" suspension of civilian rule, which plunged South Korea into some of its worst political turmoil in years.
South Korean lawmakers voted on Saturday to impeach Yoon over his brief declaration of martial law
South Korean lawmakers yesterday impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed martial law bid, with the opposition declaring a “victory of the people”.
He faces a second impeachment vote in parliament expected on Saturday
Says a senior prisons official
Police probe him for insurrection over his ill-fated declaration of martial law
Yoon said he would not seek to avoid legal and political responsibility for his decision to declare martial law for the first time in South Korea since 1980. He said the decision was born of desperation.
Protesters outside the National Assembly parliament shouted and clapped. “We won!” they chanted, and one demonstrator banged on a drum.
North Korea has said it will suspend its nuclear tests if the US stops its annual military exercises with South Korea.
A South Korean court orders a fried chicken restaurant owner to pay 14.5 million won ($12,500) for refusing to comply with a ban on using the luxury Louis Vuitton brand name for his outlet.
South Korea detects signs that the North is preparing for a fifth nuclear test, President Park Geun-hye says.
North Korea conducted a missile test off its east coast on Friday morning, but the launch appears to have failed, say US and South Korean officials.
The ruling party in South Korea has lost its majority in parliament after elections aimed at boosting its position, exit polls suggest.
A senior North Korean military officer who oversaw spying operations has fled to the South, say South Korean officials, in a rare high level defection.
Thirteen North Koreans working at a restaurant based outside the country have defected to South Korea, the Unification Ministry says, marking the first mass defection since the United Nations passed powerful economic sanctions against the communist country last month.
North Korea fires another short-range missile off its east coast on Friday, South Korean officials said, as regional leaders met in Washington to discuss the threat of Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme.
North Korea warns that its military is ready to attack Seoul's presidential palace unless South Korean President Park Geun-hye apologizes for "treason" and publicly executes officials responsible for what Pyongyang says are plans to attack its leadership.
South Korean health authorities say a man who recently returned home from Brazil has been confirmed to be infected with the Zika virus.
