South Korea: "President Park Geun-hye ... has been dismissed."

 

South Korea's Constitutional Court has upheld a decision by the country's National Assembly to impeach President Park Guen-hye in a unanimous decision with all eight judges on the court voting to remove Park from office. 

 

It marks the first time a South Korean president has been ousted before the end of their term since democracy replaced dictatorship in the late 1980s.

The impeachment decision was announced by Justice Lee Jung-mi in a live, national broadcast. Park's problems began in October 2016, when revelations emerged about the influence her confidante and adviser Choi Soon-sil had over the Presidency. 

 

An election for her replacement must now be held within 60 days.
 

March 10, 2017