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Events on Friday 9 December 2016 1
2016Park Geun-hye Impeachment VoteSouth Korean parliament votes to suspend presidentSouth Korea's National Assembly voted to impeach President Park Geun-hye over a corruption scandal involving her confidante Choi Soon-sil. The vote suspended Park's powers pending a Constitutional Court ruling. Mass protests had preceded the impeachment for weeks.