Crowds urge MPs to impeach South Korean president as loyal lawmakers boycott vote
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All but one of South Korea's party MPs left parliament ahead of a vote on whether to impeach embattled president Yoon Suk Yeol
That means the bill is short of the 200 members required to pass it
Since the boycott, two other members of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) have returned to the chamber - but the opposition needs eight of them to vote for the bill in order for it to pass
Tens of thousands of people have gathered outside South Korea's National Assembly calling for Yoon's removal
Earlier on Saturday, Yoon apologised for declaring martial law on Tuesday, and said he would not do it again
Read Tessa Wong's report from Seoul on why Yoon's declaration of martial law this week prompted such a visceral response in South Korea