South Korean lawmakers impeach minister over crowd crush

By Associated Press

Feb 08, 2023 9:30 pm

SEOUL: South Korea's opposition-controlled parliament on Wednesday voted to impeach Lee Sang-min, the East Asian country's interior and safety minister, holding him responsible for government failures in disaster planning and the response that likely contributed to the high death toll in a crowd crush that killed nearly 160 people last October.

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