South Korean parliament votes to impeach president

Vote comes almost two weeks after Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived declaration of martial law plunged country into crisis

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South Korea's parliament has voted to impeach the president, Yoon Suk Yeol, almost two weeks after his short-lived declaration of martial law plunged the country into its worst political crisis for decades.

In dramatic scenes at the national assembly in Seoul, 204 lawmakers voted for an opposition motion to impeach Yoon, while an estimated 200,000 protesters outside demanded he be thrown out of office.