South Korea president close to averting impeachment
New Indian ExpressA motion to impeach South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was on the brink of failing Saturday, after lawmakers from his ruling party boycotted the ballot despite huge protests outside parliament. But almost all 108 members of Yoon's People Power Party filed out of the chamber before the vote, prompting critical shouts from the opposition -- with one yelling "where are you going?" Only three PPP members cast ballots, but speaker Woo Won-shik stopped short of calling the result, appealing to PPP lawmakers to return "to protect the Republic of Korea and its democracy." The probable outcome is likely to enrage crowds -- numbering 150,000 according to police, one million according to organisers -- demonstrating outside parliament for Yoon's ouster.