South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol will step back from state affairs, including conduct of the country’s diplomacy, prime minister Han Duck-soo announced on Sunday, as his cabinet seeks to negotiate an “orderly exit”.
Yoon survived an impeachment attempt on Saturday night, after members of his conservative People Power party (PPP) boycotted the vote amid chaotic scenes in the country’s national assembly.
The result of the vote, which was met with dismay by the hundreds of thousands of people gathered outside parliament, is likely to prolong a mounting political crisis in Asia’s fourth-largest economy.
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