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| South Korean court upholds President Park’s impeachment, removing her from office | South Korean court upholds President Park’s impeachment, removing her from office |
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| The Constitutional Court of South Korea on Friday upheld the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye over her involvement in a high-profile graft scandal that led to the country being gripped with protests. | The Constitutional Court of South Korea on Friday upheld the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye over her involvement in a high-profile graft scandal that led to the country being gripped with protests. |
| The court’s verdict was broadcast live on national channel YTN, with all eight judges voting to impeach Park. | |
| "We remove Park Geun-hye from office," Lee Jung-mi, acting president of the court, has announced. "Her actions betrayed the people's confidence. They are a grave violation of law which cannot be tolerated." | |
| An early presidential election is now to be held within 60 days, in accordance with the South Korean constitution. | |
| Thousands of South Korean protesters, both supporting and opposing the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye in connection with a corruption case, are rallying in the streets of Seoul as the Constitutional Court has upheld the removal of Park from office. | |
| WATCH LIVE: South Korean protesters react to President Park's impeachment | |
| The smaller pro-Park rally could be seen on an AP feed waving South Korean and American flags. | |
| The corruption scandal involving Park and her close associate Choi Soon-sil, who was found to be meddling in government affairs despite holding no formal post, broke out in October, sending the country into a continuous string of graft cases and protests. Choi allegedly assisted Park in extorting money from corporations, including tech giant Samsung. | |
| Park was impeached by the South Korean parliament in December 2016, and Choi has been arrested. | |
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