South Korean court sacks President Park Geun-Hye

10 March: Constitutional Court upholds Parliament’s vote to impeach Ms Park, removing her from office.

With the ruling, Park becomes South Korea’s first democratically elected leader to be forced from office. It added that this was a betrayal of “the trust of the people…”

The stakes could hardly be higher.

And so now South Korea is in a bit of a pickle. “This is a very symbolic moment for us”.

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Park was stripped of her powers after the South Korean National Assembly voted to impeach her, but has remained in the official presidential compound.

Prosecutors had accused Park of being an accomplice in a case involving her close friend Choi Soon-sil, who was charged with forcing businesses into donating money to foundations under Park’s control.

Both Choi, whave denied trading government favors for kickbacks, according to the BBC. She is now on trial for abuse of power, coercion and fraud. Earlier Park refused to cooperate with investigators accusing them of bias and implementing a “political order”. While she was in office, she was immune from prosecution.

A new election will be held in 60 days. “Will there be violence?” It was an unusually quick response from the rogue nation, which typically waits days to report global news, according to Reuters.

Park has faced awful approval ratings and massive protests since it emerged that Choi had access to confidential government documents, despite having no official office. Calling themselves “Parksamo” or “people who love Park”, a group of mainly older conservatives have set up camp in the central plaza in front of Seoul City Hall, flying a USA flag above their tents. Although, there have been street protests… It made its decision in three. The agreement of six judges is required for a ruling.

An investigation into the political scandal that brought Park Geun-hye down has returned 30 indictments, including the head of Samsung, Lee Jae-yong.

A spokesman said on Friday she would leave and return to her private home in Seoul.

Park Chung-hee was killed by the head of South Korea’s intelligence agency in 1979.

Park’s father was widely accused of suppressing dissent and abusing human rights.

“I’ve been kind of on edge, as have most South Koreans, one way or the other”, said Kyung Moon Hwang, a history professor at USC who writes a regular column for a newspaper in Seoul. Leftist rally-goers did not appear fully satisfied, however, as they chanted “Arrest Park Geun-hye!” following the impeachment announcement. She first moved in at the age of 9 and left it almost two decades later after her mother and father were assassinated.

Before becoming president, Park Guen-hye served five terms as a lawmaker.