With the National Assembly voting to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol, the historical precedents of former Korean leaders who faced a similar political fate have attracted significant attention.

The National Assembly will vote at 4 p.m. on whether to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol, who briefly imposed martial law on Korea 11 days ago. The impeachment motion failed last week, but it could be a different story today.

SEOUL -- South Korea's parliament on Saturday passed the second impeachment motion against President Yoon Suk-yeol by 204 to 85 with three abstentions and eight voided after the first one was scrapped a week earlier, TV footage showed.

Speaker Woo Won-shik said a task force would be formed to carry out an investigation. Read more at straitstimes.com.

South Korea's National Assembly voted by 204 to 85 to impeach Yoon Suk Yeol and suspend his powers over his attempt to impose martial law earlier this month.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached Saturday over his short-lived martial law decree, with twelve lawmakers from his own party joining the opposition to pass the motion in the National Assembly.

South Korea’s parliament voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday in an extraordinary rebuke that came about after his own ruling party turned on him following his refusal to resign over his short-lived martial law attempt.

South Korea's Constitutional Court controls President Yoon Suk Yeol's fate, after parliament impeached him on Saturday over his short-lived martial law decree last week. Here are key issues for South Korea's road ahead.