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South Korea defense minister Kim Young
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Aon who is believed to have recommended
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hours long martial law that t the Asia
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country into Political turo since last
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week Tuesday have been arrested on
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Sunday after he had resigned last
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Wednesday and others believe to be
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involved in the martial law decision
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have been placed on trouble band with
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the ruling people power party PPP saying
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the president un suol would no longer be
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able to travel or participate in foreign
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and domestic affairs until he resigned
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bang up a Justice Ministry official had
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told a parliamentary hearing that the
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South Korea Justice Ministry has banned
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president Yun from leaving the country
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following requests by police prosecutors
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and an anti-corruption agency as to
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expand their investigations into the
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circumstances surrounding yun's power
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grab AP international news agency
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reported that while a sitting South
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Korean president has immunity from
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prosecution while in office that doesn't
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extend to allegations of rebellion or
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treason this means that y can be
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questioned and detained by police over
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his martial law decree but many
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observers doubt that police will
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forcefully detain him because of the
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potential for clashes with his
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presidential security service they also
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said the security service won't likely
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permit searches of youth's office citing
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a law that prohibits searches on sites
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with State Secrets without approval from
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those in charge of those areas in the
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case of former president Park GH High
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who was thrown out of office in 2017
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after being impeached by Parliament over
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a corruption Scandal prosecutors fell to
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search her office and ended up receiving
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documents outside the compound because
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presidential officials T them away after
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refusing to meet with prosecutors while
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in office Park underwent questioning by
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them and was arrested after the
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Constitutional Court approved her
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impeachment and ruled to dismiss her as
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2017 meanwhile rotters reported that
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South Korea's men opposition party said
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on Tuesday it would pass a government
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budget bill for 2025 that triggered
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president Yun so's martial law decree
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last week at a plenary session scheduled
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to be held later in the day the
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opposition controlled Parliament last
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month CAU 4.1 trillion one from the
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government's proposed 600
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$473 billion budget we will pass the
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budget bill today Democratic party
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leader Lee Jon said a swift passage of
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the bill will help resolve the current
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uneasiness and crisis the government
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says the budget cut will paralyze basic
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government functions hinder responses to
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external challenges and delay policy
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measures for small businesses and the
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president Yun cited opposition
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obstructionism over government budgets
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as one justification for his martial law
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decree on December to which triggered a
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constitutional crisis in aia's fourth
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largest economy senior Democratic party
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ler P chandes said if the government
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needed money for spending for people's
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livelihoods it can be solved later
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through an extra budget although y
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narrowly avoided impeachment during a
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parliamentary vote on United States of
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America us back cish LED Syrian
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Democratic forces SDF and talking back
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Islam l ha tah al-sham HTS have pushed
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out Iran and Russia marked president
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Bashar al-assad from Syria with us
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president-elect Donald Trump calling
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President Joe Biden and other government
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officials at the White House Wonga
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trying to cause World War III distancing
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USA from the Civil crisis in Damascus
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local media reported with videos that
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Christians in Damascus gathered at a
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church Saturday night to pray for
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guidance as the opposition Islamic and
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cish Rebels closed in on Damascus some
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of the local media added that the fall
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of Damascus SCH Mark the end of a 2,000
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year-old Christian presence in the city
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on Sunday early morning Syrian president
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Bashar alassad boarded a plane and left
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Damascus for an unknown destination two
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senior army officers told roters as
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Rebels said the had entered the capital
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deployments Syria's Army command also
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notified officers that President Bashar
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al-assad's rule ended following a
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lightning Rebel offensive a Syrian
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officer who was informed of the move
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stated according to roters with Syrian
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rebels saying Damascus is now free of
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Assad according to unverified
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information the plane that might have
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been carrying Assad out of dam muscus
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have gone into sharp descent and
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disappeared from the Raiders there has
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been no official information but a check
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showed that as at on Sunday early
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morning A Serial airplane took off from
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Damascus Airport around the time the
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capital was reported to have been taken
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by rebels according to data from the
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flight radar website the aircraft
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initially flew towards Syria's coastal
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region a stronghold of Assad's allo set
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but then l abrupt urn and flew in the
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opposite direction for a few minutes
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before disappearing of the map Iran had
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earlier started to evacuate military
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commanders from Syria in a sign that the
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regime is losing faith in Bashar
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al-assad's ability to hold back a rebel
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Uprising which started newly on November
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27 2024 advancing fast as unlike since
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the Civil War in Syria began in
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2011 Teran has sent commanders and staff
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back back to neighbor in Lebanon and
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Iraq the New York Times reported citing
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three Iranian officials and Regional
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officials the renewed fighting in Syria
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had brought into Focus the role of
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foreign powers in the country Turkey
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Iran Russia and the US have all deployed
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troops in Syria since 2011 while Israel
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mounts frequent a strikes in Syrian
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territory the surprise Rebel offensive
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Advanced so quickly that its troops were
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as of Saturday within 12 M 20 km of the
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Southern gate of Damascus Hassan Abdul
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gani the rebel commander said Israel
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a
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statement on Saturday said over the past
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24 hours armed forces have entered the
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buer Zone on the Syrian side of the
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border with Israel among other actions
6:55
attacks were carried out against United
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Nations disengagement Force
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lawmakers in South Korea on Saturday
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failed to carry out their planned
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impeachment of President Yun suol who
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earlier in the week declared few hours
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long martial law which was condemned and
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resisted by both the president ruling
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political party people power party PPP
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and the opposition Democratic party DP
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but today the PPP boycotted the
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impeachment process with the party
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leader saying the president would resign
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the impeachment process failed as many l
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has refused to vote and the Parliament
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could not gathered enough votes required
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to impeach a president in South Korea
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after the impeachment failed the
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president's political party PPP said
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that it could not allow a repeat of the
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2016 impeachment of the D president Park
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GH High who left office after months of
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candle Le protests over an influence pan
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Scandal her downfall triggered the
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implosion of the party and a victory by
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Liber in presidential and general
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elections according to ruter we cannot
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repeat the tragedy of paralysis of state
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affairs and suspension of constitutional
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government through the impeachment of
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the president PPP spokesperson shindong
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UK said adding that Yun had apologized
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and had vowed to leave his future up to
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the party thousands of demonstrators
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holding candles and lights flooded the
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streets outside Parliament on Friday and
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Saturday nights demanding yun's
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impeachment at least eight votes were
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needed from yun's PPP to reach the two
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tods majority needed to impeach the
8:38
president but PPP lawmakers departed
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after casting votes on a separate motion
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even when some people shouted and caed
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them only three lawmakers from yun's
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party voted in the impeachment process
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according to rter president Yun had
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earlier on Saturday morning addressed
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the nation in a televised speech to
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apologize for the move and said he would
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F whatever repercussions there would be
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but he did not offer to resign Yun said
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he would put his threat in the hands of
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the PPP I caused anxiety and
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inconvenience to the public I sincerely
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apologize I will leave it up to our
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party to stabilize the political
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situation in the future including my
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term of office Yun said in a televised
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address after the fil impeachment vote
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PPP leader Hong H said the party had
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decided that Yun would resign the
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Declaration of Martial law was a clear
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and serious violation of the law Han
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told reporters roters reported that Han
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has a history of clashes with Y but it
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was unclear if he was speaking for all
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PPP members there was no word yet from
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Yun onan's comments the people power
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party will pursue an orderly departure
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of the president in order to minimize
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confusion for the people H said adding
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that until Yun leaves he would be
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effectively excluded from his duties and
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the Prime Minister will consult with the
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party to manage state affairs and said
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National Assembly speaker w16 appealed
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for the PPP Lakers to return to their
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seats during the impeachment voting
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process but to know a well the
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opposition needed at least eight votes
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from the PPP but only
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three bringing you the needs in a more
