President Yoon Suk-yeol has been impeached at the second time of asking, as lawmakers voted in favour of the motion by 204 votes to 85.
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00:00South Korea has voted to impeach President Yun over his failed martial law attempt earlier
00:06this month.
00:07The motion passed with 204 votes in favor, 85 against, three abstentions and eight invalid
00:14ballots.
00:15It was
00:36the second impeachment vote in the space of a week.
00:40President Yun survived the first vote after the majority of the country's ruling party
00:44boycotted the motion, which means it did not reach the minimum 200 out of 300 votes.
00:51His presidential powers will now be suspended until the Constitutional Court decides within
00:56180 days whether to dismiss him as a president or restore his powers.