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Sept. 23, 2024
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South Korea’s lawmakers attend a plenary session to vote on the impeachment bill of President Park Geun-hye at the National Assembly in Seoul.
(Kim Hong-Ji / Associated Press)Lawmakers queue up to cast their votes in a polling station at the National Assembly in Seoul.
(Chung Sung-Jun / Getty Images)South Korea’s Prime Minister and acting President Hwang Kyo-Ahn, center, speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the government complex in Seoul after parliament passed a motion of impeachment.
(Jung Yeon-Je / AFP/Getty Images)South Korean President Park Geun-hye speaks during an emergency Cabinet meeting at the presidential office in Seoul. South Korean lawmakers earlier on Friday impeached her, a stunning and swift fall for the country’s first female leader amid protests that drew millions into the streets in united fury.
(Baek Sung-ryul / Associated Press)Protesters gather as police surround them during a rally urging the impeachment of South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye outside the National Assembly in Seoul.
( AFP/Getty Images)Anti-Park activists react after the South Korean parliament’s successful impeachment of President Park Geun-hye, outside the National Assembly in Seoul.
(Ed Jones / AFP/Getty Images)Sept. 23, 2024