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SEOUL -- South Korea's main liberal opposition Democratic Party decided to advance the time of vote on the impeachment motion against President Yoon Suk-yeol by two hours, multiple media outlets said Friday.
Park Sung-joon, deputy floor leader of the Democratic Party, told reporters that the party planned to hold a plenary session and vote at 5:00 p.m. local time (0800 GMT) Saturday, two hours earlier than previously scheduled. (South Korea-Presidential)
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SEOUL -- Han Dong-hoon, chief of South Korea's ruling People Power Party, said on Friday that President Yoon Suk-yeol needs to stop his performance of duty to protect the country and people given newly revealed facts.
Han made the remark at an emergency meeting of the party leadership, reversing his previous position to fight the opposition bloc's push to impeach Yoon. (South Korea-Presidential)
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ULAN BATOR -- The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has added Mongolia's Mongol nomad migration and its associated practices to its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, according to a statement from the country's Ministry of Culture, Sports, Tourism and Youth on Friday.
The UNESCO's decision was made during the 19th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, taking place in Asuncion, the capital city of Paraguay, from Dec. 2 to 7. (Mongolia-UNESCO-Heritage)
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JAKARTA -- Five bodies have been recovered, and seven others are missing after flash floods and landslides destroyed hundreds of houses and infrastructure in Indonesia's West Java province, an official said on Friday.
The natural disasters, which began on Tuesday, damaged 589 houses and forced 1,400 residents to evacuate in Sukabumi regency, said Hadi Rahmat, spokesperson for the provincial disaster management and mitigation agency. The disaster also caused the collapse of 10 bridges, disrupting residents' movements, he added. (Indonesia-Natural Disaster-Deaths) Enditem
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