{"id":2383883,"date":"2024-12-26T23:37:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T04:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-korea-nears-impeachment-of-acting-leader-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-26T23:37:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T04:37:49","slug":"south-korea-nears-impeachment-of-acting-leader-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-korea-nears-impeachment-of-acting-leader-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea nears impeachment of acting leader &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsouth-korea-nears-impeachment-of-acting-leader-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2383883&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exposed-cnns-debate-moderators-were-in-bed-with-deep-states-fake-anti-trump-campaign\/\" title=\"EXPOSED: CNN\u2019s Debate Moderators Were In Bed With Deep State\u2019s Fake Anti-Trump Campaign\">provided\u200d text appears<\/a> to include\u2062 an HTML snippet related to a &#8220;Read more&#8221; button designed to expand additional content when clicked. 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