Interior Minister Lee Sang-min attends a plenary parliamentary session on Dec. 8, 2022, where a motion calling for his dismissal was reported.

The National Assembly passes a motion calling for the dismissal of Interior Minister Lee Sang-min on Dec. 11, 2022. (Yonhap)

This photo shows members of the ruling People Power Party holding signs at the National Assembly on Dec. 11, 2022, denouncing the main opposition Democratic Party-led passage of a dismissal motion against Interior Minister Lee Sang-min. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)

President Yoon Suk-yeol, center, arrives to pay tribute to victims of a deadly crowd crush in Itaewon, a popular district for nightlife, in central Seoul. Newsis

Police inspect the scene of a deadly crowd crush in Itaewon, a popular district for nightlife, central Seoul. South Korea’s National Assembly passed a motion calling for the dismissal of Interior Minister Lee Sang-min amid criticism over the management of a deadly pre-Halloween crowd crush. AP-Yonhap