SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s opposition-controlled National Assembly voted on Friday to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo, just 13 days after impeaching President Yoon Suk Yeol.

National Assembly decision On Friday, December 27, the National Assembly of South Korea voted to impeach the acting president, Han Duck-soo. He had held this position for about two weeks after ...

South Korean lawmakers impeached the acting president on Friday ... Out of the 192 lawmakers who voted, 192 voted to impeach," said National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik. Counting for the ...

Following parliament’s vote to impeach Han, the finance minister and deputy prime minister, Choi Sang-mok, is now acting president. South Korea’s main opposition Democratic party filed the ...

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SEOUL, Dec 24 (Reuters) - South Korea's main opposition party vowed on Tuesday to impeach acting president Han Duck-soo but reversed an earlier plan and decided to wait until later in the week ...

and Prime Minister Han Duck-soo stepped in as acting president. But Han’s tenure would also prove short-lived, as opposition lawmakers voted Friday to impeach Han as well. This was the first ...

Governing party lawmakers boycotted the vote. South Korea’s National Assembly voted to impeach acting president Han Duck-soo. REUTERS South Korean People Power Party lawmakers protested against ...

The impeachment of prime minister Han, the acting president since Yoon was impeached ... with parliament to withdraw the plan to impeach Han, saying it would do serious damage to the economy.

Earlier, the new acting president Choi pleaded with parliament to withdraw the plan to impeach Han, saying it would do serious damage to the economy. The South Korean won retreated to 1,475.4 per ...