South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol survives an impeachment vote in parliament on Saturday, December 7, prompted by his short-lived attempt to impose martial law last week.
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00:00South Korean President Yoon Suk-yool survives an impeachment vote in parliament on Saturday,
00:06December 7, prompted by a short-lived attempt to impose martial law last week.
00:10Yoon's People Power Party boycotted the impeachment vote put forward by the main opposition, and
00:16the motion was crapped.
00:17PPP leader Hang Dong-hoon said the party had decided that Yoon would resign.
00:22Yoon's martial law declaration plunged South Korea, Asia's fourth-largest economy and a
00:27key U.S. military ally, into its greatest political crisis in decades.
00:32Earlier on Saturday, Yoon addressed the nation to apologize and said he would face repercussions,
00:37though he did not offer to resign.
00:40Yoon said he would put his faith in the hands of his party.
00:43If Yoon leaves office before his single five-year term ends in May 2027, the constitution requires
00:49a presidential election within 60 days of his departure.