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How impeachment proceedings in the U.S. Congress might affect North Korea policy

The DPRK leadership is likely watching the process closely, though how much it'll impact diplomacy is unclear

The U.S. House Judiciary Committee began its first formal impeachment hearing against President Donald Trump on Wednesday — a rare action in American politics with few precedents and uncertain consequences for the U.S. and its relationship with North Korea.

This is only the fourth time Congress has been willing to initiate the impeachment procedure against a commander in chief, and no U.S. president has ever been removed from office.

One, Richard Nixon, in the early 1970s, resigned before the House got to a vote.

Two others — Andrew Johnson, in the aftermath of the American Civil War, in 1868; and