IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.
Image: South Korean protest against President Park Geun-Hye in Seoul

Photo

Weeks of Fury in South Korea End in President's Impeachment

For more than a month, hundreds of thousands of South Koreans have spilled onto the streets to demand impeachment.

/ 15 PHOTOS
Image: South Korea

South Korea's parliament voted overwhelmingly to impeach President Park Geun-hye on Friday after a huge political scandal involving a childhood friend and confidant left her isolated and loathed.

Above: Protesters celebrate news of the impeachment outside the National Assembly in Seoul on Dec. 9, 2016. 

— Ed Jones / AFP - Getty Images
Image: A lawmaker prays after voting on the impeachment bill of South Korean President Park Geun-hye at the National Assembly in Seoul

A lawmaker prays after voting on the impeachment bill at the National Assembly in Seoul on Dec. 9.

Park Geun-hye apologized on Friday for the political "chaos" in the country and urged the government to remain vigilant on the economy and national security.

— Kim Hong-ji / Reuters
Image: South Korea

Protesters celebrate the impeachment outside the National Assembly on Dec. 9. 

Protesters are angered by Park's relationship with Choi Soon-sil who is accused of massive influence peddling.

— ED JONES / AFP - Getty Images
Image: TOPSHOT-SKOREA-POLITICS-SCANDAL-PARK

Officials and lawmakers count votes after voting on the impeachment bill at the National Assembly on Dec. 9.

Prosecutors say Park colluded in Choi Soon-sil's criminal activities to manipulate government affairs and extort businesses.

— Kim Hong-Ji / AFP - Getty Images
Image:

Protesters hold signs that read "Arrest Park Geun-hye" on Dec. 9.

Park, who has immunity from prosecution in the case as long as she remains in office, has denied wrongdoing but acknowledged carelessness in her ties with her friend, who has already been indicted.

— Lee Jin-man / AP
Image:

Police officers try to drag a protesting farmer from a tractor in front of the National Assembly on Dec. 9.

— Lee Jin-man / AP
Image:

Protesters march in Seoul to demand impeachment on Dec. 3.

Hundreds of thousands of South Koreans marched in the capital for the sixth straight Saturday calling for the removal of the scandal-plagued president.

— Chung Sung-Jun / Pool via AP
Image: South Korean protest against President Park Geun-Hye in Seoul

Protesters carry posters of President Park dressed as a prisoner as they march toward the presidential house on Dec. 3.

— Jeon Heon-kyun / Pool via EPA
Image:

A protester wears a mask depicting President Park behind bars during a rally on Nov. 30.

— Ahn Young-joon / AP
Image: Members of Korean Confederation of Trade Unions march with an effigy of South Korean President Park Geun-hye during a general strike calling for Park to step down in central Seoul

Members of trade unions march with an effigy of President Park during a general strike calling for her to step down in Seoul on Nov. 30.

— Kim Hong-ji / Reuters
Image: South Korean President Park Geun-hye address to the Nation

South Korean President Park Geun-hye bows during an address to the nation at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on Nov. 29.

— Jeon Heon-kyun / Pool via EPA
Image: South Korean protest against President Park Geun-Hye in Seoul

South Koreans rally against President Park in Seoul on Nov. 26.

— Kim Hee-Chul / EPA
Image: Buddhist monks and nuns hold lanterns at a protest calling for South Korean President Park Geun-hye to step down in Seoul

Buddhist monks and nuns hold lanterns at a protest calling for the president to step down in Seoul on Nov. 26.

— Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
Image: Protesters march with candles at a protest calling South Korean President Park Geun-hye to step down in Seoul

Candles form streams of light in a long-exposure photograph as protesters march in Seoul on Nov. 26.

— Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
Image: A woman holds a candle light and a slogan at a protest calling South Korean President Park Geun-hye to step down in Seoul

A woman holds a candle and a sign that reads "This is called a country?" at a protest in Seoul on Nov. 25.

Related: South Korean President Stripped of Her Powers

— Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
1/15
close