Impeachment of Park Geun-Hye The impeachment of Park Geun-hye ( Korean : 박근혜 대통령 탄핵 ), the President of South Korea , was the culmination of a political scandal involving the level of access to the presidency by an side. The impeachment vote took place on December 9, 2016, with 234 members of the 300-member National Assembly voting to impeach Park Geun-hye and suspend her presidential powers and duties. As a result of the impeachment vote, Hwang Kyo-ahn , the prime minister , became acting president while the Constitutional Court of Korea ruled on whether to accept or reject the impeachment. The court upheld the impeachment on 10 March 2017 in a unanimous decision, removing Park from office. President Park Geun-hye , 2013 Background South Korean Constitution and Constitutional Court Act Main articles: Consti...