South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday survived an impeachment motion over his failed attempt earlier this week to impose martial law.
The impeachment motion to oust him from office was submitted by six opposition parties, including the main opposition Democratic Party, but it failed when parliament failed to reach a minimum quorum of 200 lawmakers.
To pass, the impeachment motion needed the support of at least eight lawmakers from Yoon’s People Power Party (PPP) to reach the minimum threshold of 200 in the 300-seat parliament. In the end, there were only three.
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