South Korea’s Political Crisis Intensifies as Acting President Impeached
South Korea's parliament has voted to impeach Acting President Han Duck-soo, marking the second impeachment of a top leader in two weeks. The National Assembly secured 192 votes for Han's impeachment, surpassing the required 151-vote threshold. Han assumed leadership after President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment following a controversial martial law proposal on December 3. Opposition legislators pursued Han's impeachment, claiming he obstructed Yoon's impeachment process. The parliamentary session erupted in discord when Speaker Woo Won-shik announced the 151-vote requirement for Han's impeachment, lower than the 200 votes needed for Yoon's removal. Members of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) protested this decision, with many boycotting the vote while denouncing it as an "abuse of power." Han will be suspended upon official parliamentary notification. Like Yoon's case, the Constitutional Court must review the impeachment within 180 days. "I respect the National […]