South Korea's Constitutional Court has upheld a decision by the country's National Assembly to impeach President Park Geun-hye.[1]

Park is the first South Korean president to be impeached. An election for her replacement must be held within 60 days.

The decision was announced by Justice Lee Jung-mi in a live, national broadcast.

Correction: A previous version of this breaking news alert misspelled Park Geun-hye's name.

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