SEOUL: South Korean President Park Geun-Hye, once known as the "Queen of Elections", faced an act of attempted political regicide Friday as lawmakers gathered to vote on a motion calling for her impeachment.

Engulfed by a corruption scandal that has transfixed the nation and paralysed her administration, Park must now confront the prospect of going down as the first democratically-elected South Korean president to be kicked out of office.

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