On December 9, 2016 (November 11, 2016 in the lunar calendar), South Korea's Park Geun-hye impeachment case. South Korea's Park Geun-hye impeachment case The South Korean National Assembly voted on the impeachment case of South Korean President Park Geun-hye. According to a report by South Korea's SBS TV on December 9, 2016, on the afternoon of the 9th, the South Korean National Assembly voted on the impeachment case of South Korean President Park Geun-hye. After more than an hour of voting, the impeachment case was finally approved by 299 people, 234 in favor and 56 against, and Park Geun-hye will be immediately suspended from exercising presidential powers. After the result was announced, there was cheers on the scene. Park Geun-hye impeachment vote will be immediately suspended Park Geun-hye earlier this month, South Korea's ruling and opposition parties have come up with solutions, the ruling party does not advocate impeachment, advocating that Park Geun-hye "step down with dignity"; but the three opposition parties advocate "impeachment to the end". Yesterday (8th), South Korea's three major opposition parties officially reported the impeachment case to the plenary session of the National Assembly. Today, the South Korean National Assembly will vote on the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye. On the evening of October 24, 2016, South Korea's acting Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn, South Korea's Park Geun-hye from girlfriend to impeachment case, South Korea's JTBC TV reported that Park Geun-hye's confidant Choi Soon-sil, who did not have any official position, had received more than 200 documents, including 44 presidential speeches. Some of the speeches were opened before the president's speech, and Choi Soon-sil had revised the speech before the president's speech. Public opinion pointed out that only a very small number of staff in the presidential palace have the right to review these documents. If the above report is true, it will be a serious incident that undermines the national discipline. On October 25, 2016, South Korean President Park Geun-hye apologized to all the people for the scandal of his confidant Choi Soon-sil's review and revision of the presidential speech. In her speech, she acknowledged that her confidant Choi Soon-sil had helped her a lot, including reviewing and revising the presidential speech. She pointed out that Choi Soon-sil had given her a lot of advice on speech and public relations during the 2012 presidential election campaign, and that she had also consulted Choi Soon-sil from time to time after her inaugural speech in 2013. On October 27, 2016, the South Korean Grand Prosecutors' Office announced the establishment of a special inspection team, headed by Lee Yong-yeol, the prosecutor general of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, to thoroughly investigate the truth of "Choi Soon-sil-men". Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn earlier called for a strict investigation of "Choi Soon-sil-men" to allay the doubts of the people. He had previously said that due to such a thing in government affairs, he would leave when he was asked to resign, and he would "never stay in it". At 7:30 on October 30, 2016, Choi Soon-sil boarded a British airline flight from London Heathrow Airport and returned to China. Park Geun-hye accepted the resignation of eight core staff members, including the Secretary of the Presidential Office, the Chief Secretary of Civil Affairs, and the Chief Secretary of Propaganda, and urgently restructured the Presidential Office. At 23:40 on October 31, 2016, South Korean prosecutors announced the emergency arrest of Choi Soon-sil, who was involved in the "cronies interfering in politics" incident. On November 2, 2016, Park Geun-hye nominated Kim Byung-joon, a staff member of President Roh Moo-hyun, as the new prime minister. The Blue House announced that Park Geun-hye would then step down and Kim Byung-joon would take on more administrative responsibilities. On the morning of November 8, 2016, South Korean President Park Geun-hye went to the National Assembly to meet with the Speaker of the National Assembly, Ding Se-gyun, to discuss a solution to the controversy over the involvement of close aides Choi Soon-sil in politics. During the meeting, Park Geun-hye said that if the National Assembly recommends a new prime minister, she is willing to appoint him as the new prime minister and give him control over the cabinet. On November 15, 2016, South Korean prosecutors found text messages about South Korean President Park Geun-hye's close aide Choi Soon-sil in the mobile phone of the former Blue House secretary Chung Hu-sung. In the text message, Park Geun-hye referred to Choi Soon-sil as "Teacher Choi". On November 17, 2016, the South Korean National Assembly held a plenary session, and at the meeting passed a bill to establish a special investigation team for the This "special prosecution law" is the size of the special prosecution team in South Korea's previous incidents. It consists of 20 prosecutors and 40 civil servants to cooperate. The maximum investigation can be carried out for 120 days. On November 19, 2016, hundreds of thousands of people in South Korea held demonstrations in 46 regions across the country, including Seoul, local time, demanding that President Park Geun-hye step down and be responsible for the "incident of her girlfriend interfering in politics". This is the fourth large-scale demonstration in South Korea since the "Choi Soon-sil incident" was exposed. On November 20, 2016, South Korean prosecutors found that Park Geun-hye and Choi Soon-sil conspired to commit crimes. On November 25, 2016, a poll released by the South Korean polling agency Gallup Korea showed that Park Geun-hye's approval rate fell by one percentage point from the previous week to 4%, and the public's dissatisfaction with her also rose by 3 percentage points to 93%. Rally and March On November 26, 2016, in order to protest the incident of "Park Geun-hye's cronies interfering in politics", the opposition of the South Korean people continued to rise. It is expected that the number of people participating in the rally and march will reach 2 million, once again the largest in South Korea. This is the fifth large-scale demonstration in South Korea since the "Choi Soon-sil incident" was exposed. On November 29, 2016, Park Geun-hye delivered her third speech to the nation on the incident of cronies interfering in politics, saying that she would resign as president in a timely manner according to the political agenda and legal procedures, and that issues such as shortening the presidential term would be decided by the National Assembly. Candlelight Rally Parade Candlelight Rally Parade On December 3, 2016, the sixth candlelight rally parade was held in central Seoul and further spread to Yeouido. The marchers marched towards Yeouido Station while shouting the slogan "There is nothing to discuss with the accomplices. Disband the Saenuri Party." Park Young-soo, an independent prosecutor leading the investigation into the incident of South Korean President cronies interfering in politics, said in an interview with the media on December 2, 2016 that he would not be bound by the results of the prosecution's investigation and would start the investigation from scratch. Park Young-soo said that some big companies made huge donations to the Mir consortium and K Sports consortium that Park Geun-hye's cronies Choi Soon-sil actually controlled. The essence of this incident is not abuse of power. Why big companies sponsor huge sums of money and whether the president exerts influence in the process should be investigated. On December 5, 2016, Yonhap quoted a number of people from the ruling party in South Korea as saying that Park Geun-hye will give her fourth speech to the people on the "cronies" on the 6th or 7th, announcing that she will step down before the end of April next year. On the afternoon of December 9, 2016, the South Korean parliament voted on the impeachment motion against President Park Geun-hye. 299 people voted, with 234 votes in favor. President Park Geun-hye will be suspended from performing her duties and replaced by Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-an. After the impeachment case is passed, the bill will be sent to the Constitutional Court for ruling. The Constitutional Court has 180 days to rule at the latest. If the Constitutional Court rules on the impeachment case, Park Geun-hye will be removed from the presidency, and a new presidential election will be held within 60 days.