South Korea impeachment protests

South Korean president Park Geun-hye was removed from office after a court hearing on March 10 upheld her impeachment by Parliament. She had been impeached due to accusations of corruption. She is the first democratically elected president in South Korea to be removed from office. 

After the ruling, three people were killed during protests by Park supporters outside of the court. Their causes of death were not revealed. New presidential elections will be held on May 9.

On March 30, Park was arrested on charges of bribery, abuse of authority, coercion and leaking government secrets.