Seoul, South Korea— Crowds celebrate on December 9 after the country’s National Assembly voted to impeach President Park Geun-hye. For months, the conservative leader has been embroiled in an influence-peddling scandal involving an informal adviser, Choi Soon-sil, who allegedly had Rasputin- like influence over the president. (Park has apologized but denied wrongdoing.) In the next few months, South Korea’s Constitutional Court will decide whether to boot her from office and hold new elections.