South Korea crisis live: bid to impeach president Yoon Suk Yeol fails after ruling party boycotts vote

Chaotic scenes as ruling party lawmakers walk out ahead of motion to impeach Yoon Suk Yeol over failed attempt to impose martial lawMembers of South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol’s party left parliament ahead of a planned impeachment vote on Saturday over his attempt to impose martial law, Reuters reported.As lawmakers debated the motion, filed by the main opposition Democratic Party, only a single member of Yoon’s People Power Party (PPP) remained in his seat, casting doubts over whether the measure would reach the two-thirds threshold to pass. Continue reading...

South Korea crisis live: bid to impeach president Yoon Suk Yeol fails after ruling party boycotts vote

Chaotic scenes as ruling party lawmakers walk out ahead of motion to impeach Yoon Suk Yeol over failed attempt to impose martial law

Members of South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol’s party left parliament ahead of a planned impeachment vote on Saturday over his attempt to impose martial law, Reuters reported.

As lawmakers debated the motion, filed by the main opposition Democratic Party, only a single member of Yoon’s People Power Party (PPP) remained in his seat, casting doubts over whether the measure would reach the two-thirds threshold to pass.

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