South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol impeached amid martial law controversy

South Korea’s parliament Saturday voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived martial law declaration. (Photo: Reuters)

South Korean National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik bangs a gavel while announcing the president's impeachment on Saturday. (Photo: Reuters)

Yoon’s presidential powers and duties will be suspended after the copies of a document on the impeachment are delivered to him and to the Constitutional Court. (Photo: Reuters)

Yoon’s martial law imposition, the first of its kind in more than four decades in South Korea, lasted only six hours, but caused massive political tumult, and halted diplomatic activities. (Photo: AP)

In this picture, you can see a banner reading 'Step down Yoon Suk Yeol regime' fluttering in the air. (Photo: Reuters)

Every night, for the past two weeks, tens of thousands of people braved bitter cold and poured onto the streets of the capital, Seoul, calling for Yoon's ouster and arrest. (Photo: Reuters)

If Yoon is thrown out of office, a national election to choose his successor must be held within 60 days, as news agency AP stated. Here, you can see people celebrating Yoon's impeachment. (Photo: Reuters)