Friday’s historic, unanimous verdict by the eight-judge panel means that Park is South Korea’s first democratically elected leader to be ousted early from office since democracy came to the country in the late 1980s.
Parliament impeached Park in December after millions took to the streets calling for her resignation over an explosive political scandal involving her and her confidante.
The scandal that led to the impeachment revolves around Park and her lifelong friend, Choi Soon-sil, who held no official position but turned out to wield huge influence over the president, much more than her official advisers and ministers.
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