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handle is hein.crs/crsmthmbcbg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: CRS INSIGHT A Change in Direction for Seoul? The Impeachment of South Korea's President March 10, 2017 (IN10666) Related Authors Mark E, Manvi, n Emma Chanlett-Aver View More... Mark E. Manyin, Specialist in Asian Affairs (mmanyin% r 1 g, 7-7653) Emma Chanlett-Avery, Specialist in Asian Affairs (ehanl e e Tr 1c v, 7-7748) Jonathan R. Corrado, Research Associate (,corrador~crs lc Qov 7-7812) On March 10, 2017, South Korea's Constitutional Court unanimously voted to uphold the impeachment of former President Park Geun-hye, nearly 11 months before her term was due to end. The decision was the latest development in a corruption scandal that has engulfed South Korean politics and the business world since October 2016, and comes against the backdrop of North Korean missile tests, Chinese anger at the deployment of a U.S. missile defense system in South Korea, and uncertainties about the direction of U.S. foreign policy under the Trump Administration. By law, South Korea must hold an election for a new president within 60 days. Early opinion polls have been dominated by candidates to the left of the conservative Park government, and in many cases these candidates support policies toward North Korea, China, and Japan that differ in significant ways from U.S. approaches. Should South Korea change course, it would end a period in which U.S. and South Korean policies, particularly on North Korea, have been largely in alignment. The Impeachment South Korea's National Assembly impeached Park in December 2016, on charges of extnsive and serious violatios of the Constit tion and the law stemming from a corruption scandal. From October to December, millions of South Koreans filled the streets in weekly anti-Park protests, which became the largest demonstrations in the country's history. By early March 2017, according to one poll, 77n of Koa favored her removl from office. Following the court decision, thousands of Park's supporters protested, leading to shes with the police and reportedly resu1ting in two While in office, Park was immune from criminal prosecution. A special prosecutor has reommended Park's indiclQnt on charges that include receiving $38 million in bribes from Samsung, South Korea's largest business conglomerate.

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