South Korean leaders seek calm after president impeached

Politico

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South Korea’s opposition leader offered Sunday to work with the government to ease the political tumult as officials sought to reassure allies and markets, a day after the opposition-controlled parliament voted to impeach conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol over a short-lived attempt to impose martial law.
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The suspension took effect at 7:24 p.m., about two and a half hours after the National Assembly passed the motion 204-85 in a floor vote.
The Korea Times
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South Korea's swift rebuke of martial law and removal of President Yoon Suk Yeol from office have been hailed in the country as evidence of the strength of its young democratic institutions.
International Business Times AU
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Yoon’s powers have been suspended until the court decides whether to remove him from office or reinstate him.
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