South Korea's President Yoon suspended after MPs vote to impeach him

published at 20:13 14 Decemb

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Protestors at a rally in Seoul to impeach President Yoon

We're pausing our live coverage for now but there's plenty more across the BBC to keep you informed:

• Read more about today's impeachment vote that prompted celebrations from anti-Yoon protestors, while Yoon's supporters fell silent after the news broke
• Today's vote in parliament follows last weekend's failed attempt to impeach Yoonafter his short-lived attempt to declare martial law on 3 December
• Find out why Yoon made the shock move to declare martial law for the first time in almost five decades 
• And get some first-hand accounts from South Koreans who remember when martial law was declared in 1960

For a summary of today's impeachment vote, have a look at our recap and you can also watch this video from our Seoul correspondent on why the vote doesn't mean Yoon will be immediately removed.

Our live coverage was brought to you by our team in Singapore (Tessa Wong, Joel Guinto, Fan Wang, Kelly Ng and Koh Ewe) and in London (Emily McGarvey, Tinshui Yeung, Frances Mao and Lana Lam).