SEOUL -- South Korea's main liberal opposition Democratic Party Saturday vowed to keep pursuing a motion to impeach President Yoon Suk-yeol after the first one was scrapped on lack of quorum earlier in the day.

Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party, said the ruling People Power Party objected to bringing to account those who destroyed constitutional order and actively participated in military rebellion and insurrection.

SEOUL - South Korea's parliament on Saturday failed to pass President Yoon Suk-yeol's impeachment motion as most of ruling People Power Party lawmakers refused to vote on it.

After voting against a bill to investigate scandals involving Yoon's wife, most of the 108 ruling party lawmakers left the parliament hall.

SEOUL - South Korea's parliament is expected to vote down President Yoon Suk-yeol's impeachment motion on lack of quorum, TV footage showed Saturday.

South Korea parliament starts vote on Yoon's impeachment motion

SEOUL - South Korea's parliament on Saturday failed to pass a bill to investigate scandals involving the first lady of President Yoon Suk-yeol before casting ballots on the vote on Yoon's impeachment motion.

SEOUL - A majority of South Korea's ruling People Power Party lawmakers boycotted the vote on President Yoon Suk-yeol's impeachment motion, TV footage showed Saturday.

SEOUL - South Korea's parliament opened a plenary session to vote on President Yoon Suk-yeol's impeachment motion and a bill to probe scandals involving the first lady, TV footage showed Saturday.

SEOUL - South Korea's ruling People Power Party decided to vote down President Yoon Suk-yeol's impeachment motion set to be voted on Saturday afternoon, according to multiple media outlets.

After Yoon's declaration of an emergency martial law earlier this week, the opposition parties submitted the motion to remove Yoon from office scheduled to be voted at 5:00 pm local time (0800 GMT).

SEOUL - Lee Jae-myung, leader of South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party, said Saturday that he was very disappointed at President Yoon Suk-yeol's televised address to the nation.

SEOUL -- Han Dong-hoon, leader of South Korea's ruling People Power Party, told reporters on Saturday that President Yoon Suk-yeol's early resignation would be inevitable.

SEOUL -- South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol apologized for his martial law declaration during a televised address to the nation on Saturday.

S. Korean president to let ruling party decide on his term

SEOUL -- South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Saturday that he will let the ruling People Power Party decide on his term, indicating his willingness to accept the shortened presidential tenure.

SEOUL - South Korea's main liberal opposition Democratic Party decided to advance the time of vote on the impeachment motion against President Yoon Suk-yeol by two hours, multiple media outlets said Friday.

SEOUL - South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol met with the ruling People Power Party leader Han Dong-hoon Friday, local media reported, ahead of a parliamentary impeachment vote scheduled Saturday.

SEOUL -- South Korea's Defense Ministry said on Friday that it suspended the duty of three military commanders involved in the martial law declaration, made by President Yoon Suk-yeol earlier this week.

Chiefs of the capital defense command, the army special warfare command, and the counterintelligence command were suspended and transferred to other units.

SEOUL -- Han Dong-hoon, chief of South Korea's ruling People Power Party, said on Friday that President Yoon Suk-yeol needs to stop his performance of duty to protect the country and people given newly revealed facts.

Han made the remark at an emergency meeting of the party leadership, reversing his previous position to fight the opposition bloc's push to impeach Yoon.

SEOUL - South Korean prosecutors banned former defense minister Kim Yong-hyun from leaving the country on Thursday, indicating the launch of an investigation into Kim's treason charge, according to Yonhap news agency.

The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office imposed an overseas travel ban on Kim, who reportedly proposed to President Yoon Suk-yeol declaring an emergency martial law and resigned later.

SEOUL -- South Korea's police on Thursday launched an investigation into a case of President Yoon Suk-yeol's treason charge, according to multiple media outlets.

The minor left-leaning Rebuilding Korea Party and a group of activists filed complaints against Yoon for the rebellion and other charges Wednesday.

SEOUL -- South Korea's main liberal opposition Democratic Party said Thursday that it planned to vote on an impeachment motion against President Yoon Suk-yeol on Saturday.

The party's deputy spokesperson told reporters that the vote would be held at around 7:00 pm local time on Saturday in a bid to allow lawmakers of the ruling People Power Party enough time to consider it.

SEOUL - More than seven out of 10 South Koreans were in favor of the impeachment of President Yoon Suk-yeol over his declaration of an emergency martial law, a poll showed Thursday.