South Korea's Park Geun-hye Impeached
Park Geun-hye, the president of South Korea, has been impeached in combination of multiple judges and parliament in what has been a large corruption scandal for the leader to deal with. The former president reportedly used her presidential powers to pressure companies into donating millions of dollars to her non-profit organizations.
Park Geun-hye has now lost her presidential immunity and is on the road to facing criminal charges.
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Originally Posted by BBC
At the heart of the drama lies the close friendship between the president and Ms Choi.
Ms Choi is accused of using her presidential connections to pressure companies to give millions of dollars in donations to non-profit foundations she controlled.
Ms Park is alleged to have been personally involved in this, and to have given Ms Choi unacceptable levels of access to official documents.
Parliament voted to impeach Ms Park in December and the Constitutional Court has since been deciding whether to uphold or overturn this.
On Friday, a panel of eight judges ruled Ms Park's actions "seriously impaired the spirit of... democracy and the rule of law".
The court said she had broken the law by allowing Ms Choi to meddle in state affairs, and had breached guidelines on official secrets by leaking numerous documents.
