SEOUL — South Korea's parliament voted overwhelmingly to impeach
President Park Geun-hye on Friday after a huge political scandal
involving a childhood friend and confidant left her isolated and
loathed.
Park was officially stripped of her powers just
after 7 p.m. local time (5 a.m. ET), and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn
took over as acting president.
"I stand here with grave and sad heart and feel
deeply responsible for what's happening now and I am very sorry," said
Hwang said. "We cannot allow any gap in the governance and I am going to
do my very best to restore stability."
For more than a month, hundreds of thousands of South Koreans have spilled onto the streets each Saturday to protest Park's relationship with Choi Soon-sil who is accused of massive influence peddling.
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Source: NBC News
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