A defiant South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has faced a second impeachment vote over his short-lived attempt to impose martial law earlier this month.
South Korea 's parliament has voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his declaration of martial law earlier this month.
The vote needed 200 votes to succeed. It got 204, with members of Mr Yoon's own party joining the opposition to pass the motion.Mr Yoon is now suspended from office while South Korea's Constitutional Court deliberates whether to uphold his removal.If it backs his removal, Mr Yoon would become the second president in South Korean history to be successfully impeached.
Some of his own party members had since announced their intention to vote for his impeachment in a second vote, as public protests against Mr Yoon intensified and his approval rating plummeted. It said Mr Yoon's mobilisation of military and police forces threatened the National Assembly and the public and that his martial law decree was aimed at disturbing the constitution.
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