Park Geun Hye Impeached

South korea s parliament on friday voted to impeach president park geun hye holding her responsible for acts of corruption by her confidante choi soon sil and for neglecting her duties as the.

Park geun hye impeached. Lawmakers in south korea s national assembly voted overwhelmingly friday to impeach president park geun hye over a corruption scandal. Park was the first woman to be president of south korea and also the first female president popularly elected as head of state. Tens of thousands of anti government protesters have marched in the south korean capital seoul to celebrate the impeachment of president park geun hye. Park geun hye the nation s first female president and the daughter of the cold war military dictator park chung hee had been an icon of the conservative establishment that joined washington in.

Born 2 february 1952 is a former south korean politician who served as president of south korea from 2013 to 2017. In 1974 park geun hye s mother was killed by a north korean assassin. The impeachment of park geun hye president of south korea was the culmination of a political scandal involving interventions to the presidency from her aide the impeachment vote took place on 9 december 2016 with 234 members of the 300 member national assembly voting in favour of the impeachment and temporary suspension of park geun hye s presidential powers and duties. Park geun hye the first female president of south korea 2013 17.

The daughter of dictator park chung hee the younger park was impeached in december 2016 after journalists uncovered a massive corruption and bribery scandal involving some of south korea s largest businesses. The south korean president park geun hye is fighting for her political life after mps on friday voted by a huge margin to impeach her over a corruption and cronyism scandal that has made her the. The political scandal engulfing south korea has culminated in park geun hye s impeachment but according to one account it all started with an argument over a puppy.