{"id":195003,"date":"2024-12-14T08:10:33","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T08:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/14\/south-koreas-parliament-votes-to-impeach-president-yoon-suk-yeol-over-attempt-to-impose-martial-law\/"},"modified":"2024-12-14T08:10:33","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T08:10:33","slug":"south-koreas-parliament-votes-to-impeach-president-yoon-suk-yeol-over-attempt-to-impose-martial-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/14\/south-koreas-parliament-votes-to-impeach-president-yoon-suk-yeol-over-attempt-to-impose-martial-law\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea&#8217;s parliament votes to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over attempt to impose martial law"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/e3.365dm.com\/24\/07\/1920x1080\/skynews-breaking-sky-news_6597481.jpg?20240705014126&amp;resize=1920,1080&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"South Korea&#8217;s parliament votes to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over attempt to impose martial law\" title=\"South Korea&#8217;s parliament votes to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over attempt to impose martial law\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>South Korea&#8217;s parliament has voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived attempt to impose martial law earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Yoon&#8217;s decision <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/martial-law-has-left-south-korea-in-chaos-but-its-government-has-been-in-turmoil-for-some-time-13266128\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plunged the country into a constitutional crisis<\/a><\/strong> as soldiers clashed with protesters on the streets of the capital Seoul.<\/p>\n<p>The state of emergency only lasted about six hours as parliament voted to block the decree.<\/p>\n<p>The president later apologised and survived a first impeachment vote after members of his People Power Party (PPP) boycotted it.<\/p>\n<p>The country&#8217;s opposition parties held a second vote today and needed two-thirds of the National Assembly to back the motion, meaning at least 200 MPs.<\/p>\n<p>Impeachment refers to when a public official, in this case a president, is charged with misconduct by a legislative body such as parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Following the result of today&#8217;s vote, Mr Yoon will be suspended from presidential duties while the Constitutional Court decides whether to restore him or remove him from office.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Yoon has separately been placed under criminal investigation for alleged insurrection over the martial law declaration.<\/p>\n<p><em>This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Please refresh the page for the fullest version.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You can receive breaking news alerts on a smartphone or tablet via the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/qrcode.skynews.com\/skynews\/appdownload\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Sky News app<\/em><\/strong><\/a><em>. 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