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    The impeachment of Park Geun-hye, President of South Korea, was the culmination of a political scandal involving interventions to the presidency from her...
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    Park Geun-hye (Korean: 박근혜; RR: Bak Geun(-)hye; IPA: [pak‿k͈ɯn.hje]; often in English /ˈpɑːrk ˌɡʊn ˈheɪ/; born 2 February 1952) is a South Korean politician...
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    resignation of Park Geun-hye. After the impeachment of Park Geun-hye on corruption charges in December, the pro-Park rallies mobilized thousands of protesters...
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    The 2016 South Korean political scandal, often called Park Geun-hye–Choi Soon-sil Gate in South Korea (Korean: 박근혜·최순실 게이트), was a scandal that emerged...
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    investigation of the ferry's sinking and effectively engaged the public for the next three years that eventually led to the impeachment of Park Geun-hye. In one...
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    Hwang Kyo-ahn, during the impeachment of Park Geun-hye in 2016. The role of the Prime Minister is more akin to the Vice President of the United States than...
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  • the Constitutional Court's impeachment trial unanimously cited the impeachment prosecution, so President Park Geun-hye was dismissed from the presidency...
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    supporting the former president of South Korea Park Geun-hye in 2016 but now continuing with the aim of releasing Park. The Taegeukgi protestors or the Taegeukgi...
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    he later became one of the most notable conservative political commentators in South Korea. After the Impeachment of Park Geun-hye, Byun launched a campaign...
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    two presidential impeachment cases: the failed impeachment of Roh Moo-hyun of 2004 and the successful impeachment of Park Geun-hye of 2017. In the ruling...
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    Choo Kyung-ho (category University of Oregon alumni)
    Minister of Economy and Finance, as well as the Minister for Government Policy Coordination under the President Park Geun-hye, and the Vice Chairman of the...
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    Hwang Kyo-ahn (category Prime ministers of South Korea)
    position of Prime Minister of South Korea and assumed office on 18 June 2015. On 9 December 2016, President Park Geun-hye was impeached by the National Assembly...
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    of members - incumbent and previous - of cabinet, or State Council, of South Korean President Park Geun-hye.   Saenuri Party   Independent Cabinet of...
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    Moon Jae-in (category Collars of the Order of Civil Merit)
    was elected president as the Democratic Party of Korea candidate following the impeachment of Park Geun-hye and her subsequent removal. As president, Moon...
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  • been avoided and the aftermath of the disaster such as the Candlelight Protests and the Impeachment of Park Geun-hye. The documentary was awarded the...
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  • Party by former Saenuri members who distanced themselves from President Park Geun-hye in the 2016 South Korean political scandal. In February 2020, the Liberty...
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    Suh Chung-won (category Members of the National Assembly (South Korea))
    of the National Assembly until Chung Sye-kyun was elected to the position. After the impeachment of Park Geun-hye in 2017, he remained pro-Park Geun-hye...
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    Seoul districts of Gwanghwamun and Jongno. "김문수, 자유공화당 탈당… 조원진과 공천 갈등 탓인 듯". 22 March 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020. Impeachment of Park Geun-hye v t e...
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    Our Republican Party (2017) (category Political parties with year of disestablishment missing)
    Park Geun-hye herself. In March 2020, the party merged with the Liberty Unification Party to form the Liberty Republican Party. Impeachment of Park Geun-hye...
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    which let the impeachment of Park Geun-hye. Kweon was born in Gangneung, Gangwon in 1960. He is the eldest of the three sons and a daughter of a housewife...
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    Get together! Get angry! #Resign_ParkGeun-hye candlelight vigil (Korean: 모이자! 분노하자! #내려와라_박근혜 시민 촛불) was the first candlelight vigil held on October 29...
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  • the continued survival of the county. Moon Jae-in campaigned in 2017 for president following the impeachment of Park Geun-hye, vowing to not build any...
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  • Thumbnail for Robert Kelly (political analyst)
    fame when his live interview by James Menendez on the impeachment of Park Geun-hye, the President of South Korea, for the BBC World News from his home office...
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    ex-president Park Geun-hye during the court proceedings during the Impeachment of Park Geun-hye. The University President, Gyo-il Seo, allegedly received bribes...
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    Downtown Seoul (category Geography of Seoul)
    in 1987, protest against import of US beef in 2008, and protests around impeachment of Park Geun-hye in 2017 are some of leading example for such protests...
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  • Choi Tae-min (category Park Geun-hye)
    six times. He was the mentor of the impeached South Korean president, Park Geun-hye (the daughter of former president Park Chung Hee), until his death...
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    President of South Korea Early presidential elections were held in South Korea on 9 May 2017 following the impeachment and removal of Park Geun-hye. The elections...
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    The impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, the 36th president of Brazil, began on 2 December 2015 with a petition for her impeachment being accepted by Eduardo...
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    Choi Soon-sil (category Park Geun-hye)
    a clique named the "Eight Fairies" associated with the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye. She claimed to have entered Dankook University in 1975...
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    Chung Jin-suk (politician) (category Deputy Speakers of the National Assembly (South Korea))
    vacant since the resignation of Kim Moo-sung. Chung, however, stepped down amid the impeachment of the then President Park Geun-hye in December 2016. After...
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