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Downfall of South Korea’s president

By Jordi Bou

March 10, 2017 - South Korea's President Park Geun-hye has become the country's first democratically elected leader to be forced from office. The country’s Constitutional Court unanimously upheld parliament's decision to impeach Park over her role in a corruption scandal that also landed the head of the Samsung conglomerate in jail.

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PUBLISHED: 10/03/2017; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Getty Images
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