South Korea’s bid to impeach president Yoon Suk Yeol fails after ruling party boycotts vote – as it happened
by Tom Ambrose (now); Hamish Mackay and Helen Livings from World news | The Guardian on (#6SRVD)
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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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