Park becomes South Korea's first democratically elected leader to be forced from office. "We remove Park Geun-hye from office," Lee Jung-mi, acting president of the court, told the hearing. Hundreds of demonstrators, both for and against Park, have gathered at the courthouse, which was blockaded by police buses. Park was stripped of her powers after parliament voted to impeach her but has remained in the president's official compound, the Blue House. Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn was appointed acting president and will remain in that post until the election.

Source: bd News24 March 10, 2017 04:00 UTC