The South Korean Parliament has voted to impeach Yoon Suk Yeol, with 204 lawmakers voting in favour of the motion, the BBC reports.
It means that Yoon will immediately be suspended from office, and the prime minister will become the acting president.
However, the vote does not necessarily guarantee that he will be permanently removed from office.
The entire impeachment process itself could take weeks, as a trial still has to be held before the Constitutional Court.
If six of the nine-member council vote to sustain the impeachment, only then will the president will be removed from office.
In this scenario, an election for the next president will be called within 60 days of the ruling.