South Korean President Ousted

South Korea's President Park Geun-hye has become the country's first democratically elected leader to be forced from office. Judges unanimously upheld parliament's decision to impeach Ms Park over her role in a corruption scandal involving her close friend, Choi Soon-sil.

(Picture: South Koreans celebrate after South Korea's Constitutional Court upheld the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye on March 10, 2017. Credit: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)