SEOUL: South Korea's highest court was deciding Friday whether to uphold or overturn the impeachment of President Park Geun-Hye over wide-ranging corruption allegations, as months of political turmoil reached a climax.

Park, the daughter of a late army-backed dictator, became South Korea's first female president when she was elected in 2012, securing the highest vote share of any candidate in the democratic era.

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