South Korean lawmakers voted on Wednesday to impeach the interior minister over his responses to a deadly Halloween crush, setting the stage for him to become the country's first cabinet member ousted by the legislature.
Onlookers, police and paramedics gather where 159 people died after thousands crowded into narrow streets in the popular nightlife district of Itaewon in Seoul, South Korea on October 30, 2022 to celebrate Halloween. Jung Yeon-Je/ AFP
The Democrats and other opposition parties had pushed to expel the interior minister, Lee Sang-min, urging him to bear responsibility for botched responses to the crush. Lee has apologized for the flawed responses but said on Monday when asked whether he was willing to resign that his priority is to devise steps to prevent such a tragedy from recurring and ensure their implementation.
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