The impeachment motion was carried by a wider-than-expected 234-56 margin in a secret ballot in parliament.
South Korea has indicted for homicide the captain and three crew members of a ferry that killed more than 280 passengers when it capsized.
The vice-principal of a high school whose pupils were on a capsized South Korean ferry has committed suicide as hopes fade of finding survivors.
A chubby South Korean singer who has taken the pop world by storm has vowed to perform his "Gangnam Style" hit topless if it reaches number one.
North Korea has admitted its much hyped long-range rocket failed to deliver a satellite into orbit, dealing a blow to the reclusive state.
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/ 11 January 2011
Kim Yong-sook is an idealist who longs for a greener lifestyle. But she never dreamed that her credit card could help save the planet.