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[Headlines] (HL-»ç°Ç/»ç°í/¹ý·ü) South Korean President Forced from Office
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The South Korean Constitutional Court has removed President Park Geun-hye from office. All eight members of the court agreed with a National Assembly measure calling for her removalThe eight worked to rule on the case by Friday before term limits reduced the normally nine-member court to seven justicesThe South Korean constitution requires at least six justices to agree on any impeachment vote by the National Assembly. Chief Justice Park Han-chul was forced to leave the court in January when his term ended. Monday will be the last day of Acting Chief Justice Lee Jung-mi¡¯s term. Lee read the ruling from the court¡¯s offices in Seoul on Friday. She said Park¡¯s ¡°acts of violating the Constitution and law are a betrayal of the public trust.¡±
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The court also criticized Park for being uncooperative and evasive in the investigations. It said she tried to stop the legislature from acting as a ¡°check and balance¡± on presidential powersThe court said Park worked with a close friend to pressure large Korean companies to donate nearly $70 million to two organizations. Government lawyers had also accused the friend, Choi Soon-sil, of sending some of the money to businesses that she and her friends owned. ¡°These violations undermine the rule of law and a representative democracy,¡± said the acting chief justice. Government lawyers studied reports that people close to the president were using her office to raise millions of dollars. Park has repeatedly denied the charges against her. Until the reports of corruption appeared, many South Koreans believed she was a strong and honest leader.
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