South Korea is a presidential republic, but it shares features with parliamentary systems. One such feature is the National Assembly’s right to pass no-confidence motions in regard to cabinet ministers.

Foreign minister Park Jin was the latest minister subjected to this after President Yoon Suk-yeol committed multiple diplomatic blunders during a recent tour abroad, including missing Elizabeth II’s lying in state in London and seemingly calling U.S. lawmakers “bastards” in New York.

Park didn’t appear to share any direct responsibility for these incidents, but the Democrat-led National Assembly voted for the no-confidence motion anyway. It marks just the seventh time