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Peru's president announces resignation ahead of impeachment vote

Peru'sPresidentPedroPabloKuczynskiannouncedhisresignationWednesdayinanaddresstothenation,thedaybeforehewastofaceanimpeachmentvoteinCongress.The79-year-oldformer

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Peru's embattled president Kuczynski announces resignation

Peru'sPresidentPedroPabloKuczynskiannouncedhisresignationWednesdayinanaddresstothenation,thedaybeforehewastofaceanimpeachmentvoteinCongress.The79-year-oldformer

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Brazil bar association calls for impeachment of President Temer

Brazil's bar association on Sunday called for the impeachment of President Michel Temer, after a tape was revealed in which he appeared to agree to bribe former Speaker Eduardo Cunha into silence.

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S.Korean residents shout "Stop THAAD" for peace of future generations

Residents living in South Korea's southeast regions, where the U.S. missile shield is set to be deployed, came up to the capital city Seoul on Thursday to rally against the decision to install one Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery in their hometown.

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How Park Geun-hye plans to outlast her enemies, beat impeachment and see out her term as South Korean president

Scandal has laid bare cosy ties between business and politics in South Korea and embroiled many of its leading companies, including Samsung, the world’s biggest smartphone maker.

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Parliament sets Park's impeachment vote for Friday

​South Korea's National Assembly on Thursday officially set the date for the vote on the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye who is at the center of the corruption scandal rocking the country.

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Demand grows in S.Korea for embattled president's impeachment: poll

​Demand grew in South Korea for the impeachment of embattled President Park Geun-hye ahead of vote on it in parliament, a local poll showed on Thursday.

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S.Korea's main opposition lawmakers to resign unless presidential impeachment passed

​All members of South Korea's biggest opposition party will resign their parliamentary seats unless the bill to impeach President Park Geun-hye is passed through the National Assembly, the party's whip said Thursday.

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Presidential office says Park will follow "legal process" if impeachment motion passes

​President Park Geun-hye will follow due legal procedures if parliament passes an impeachment motion later this week, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Wednesday, apparently dismissing calls for her immediate resignation.

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News Analysis: Will S. Korean president be impeached?

South Korea's parliament has put forward a historic bill to impeach President Park Geun-hye, but it has a long way to go when taking into account the political bickering between rival parties and uncertainty about the constitutional court ruling.

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Step by step: What it would take to impeach Korea’s president

​South Korea’s lawmakers have given President Park Geun-hye an ultimatum: Resign or be impeached.

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Opposition parties to vote on Park's impeachment on Dec. 9

​South Korea's three opposition parties agreed to propose the impeachment motion for President Park Geun-hye on Friday, adding the vote will take place on Dec. 9 even if the presidential office announces a plan outlining the chief executive's early resignation.

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S.Korean president's address over scandal kindles public confusion

South Korean President Park Geun-hye has let lawmakers decide on her fate, but it kindled public confusion about what the embattled president intended to do with her national address over a scandal involving herself.

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S.Korean president passes the ball in parliamentary court ahead of impeachment vote

South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday passed the ball of decision on her fate in parliamentary court ahead of an expected impeachment vote as early as Friday, saying she will follow the National Assembly's decision including a shortened presidency.

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Park calls on parliament to determine her fate

​President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday called on the National Assembly to determine her fate, saying she will step down in line with a timetable and procedures reached by political parties that can minimize any confusion arising from the unexpected transition of government.

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Opposition leader says her party will review timing, ways to push for Park's impeachment

​The leader of the main opposition Democratic Party said her party will immediately review the timing and ways for impeaching President Park Geun-hye, who the prosecution has listed as a suspect in a corruption scandal involving her confidante.

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Brazil's Supreme Court denies Rousseff request for Temer to remain as interim president

​Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday denied requests filed by impeached President Dilma Rousseff asking for the impeachment vote against her to be suspended and for President Michel Temer to remain in an interim capacity.