South Korea’s acting president impeached by parliament

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South Korea’s opposition-controlled parliament has impeached the acting president, throwing the country into more political turmoil.

Lawmakers passed a motion on Friday to impeach Han Duck-soo, who is also the prime minister, after he resisted pressure to appoint three justices to fill vacancies on the constitutional court.

It marked the first time that an acting president has been impeached in South Korea and comes less than two weeks after President Yoon Suk Yeol was suspended from his duties for a failed power grab.

Friday’s vote came as the country’s constitutional court opened hearings on Yoon’s impeachment, over his short-lived attempt to impose martial law this month.

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