Supporters of South Korea's ousted leader Park Geun-hye gather outside her private home in Seoul on Wednesday. (Reuters photo)SEOUL - South Korea will hold a presidential election on May 9 to replace Park Geun-hye, who was ousted from office over a corruption and abuse-of-power scandal, South Korea's Interior Minister Hong Yun-sik said on Wednesday. Hong made the announcement after the cabinet meeting approved the date for the election. Park, 65, became the first democratically elected South Korean president to be removed from office, after the Constitutional Court on Friday upheld parliament's vote last December to impeach her. According to law, an election must be held within 60 days after a president is removed from office.

Source: Bangkok Post March 15, 2017 05:37 UTC