South Korea’s acting president thanked the Constitutional Court for its “wise” decision restoring his powers Monday and said he would attend to the most urgent matters. Han Duck-soo upon arriving at the government office in Seoul also said South Korean people must stop fighting over the turmoil over President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment. (AP video shot by Yong Jun Chang / March 23, 2025)
South Korea’s acting president thanked the Constitutional Court for its “wise” decision restoring his powers Monday and said he would attend to the most urgent matters. Han Duck-soo upon arriving at the government office in Seoul also said South Korean people must stop fighting over the turmoil over President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment. (AP video shot by Yong Jun Chang / March 23, 2025)
The Constitutional Court of Korea’s eight justices, back, from left, Chung Kye-sun, Kim Bok-hyeong, Jung Jung-mi, Lee Mi-son, Moon Hyung-bae, Kim Hyung-du, Cheong Hyung-sik and Cho Han-chang sit in the courtroom during the final hearing over South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol’s imposition of martial law, at the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. (Jung Yeon-je/Pool Photo via AP)
By Hyung-jin Kim The Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s Constitutional Court overturned the impeachment of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, reinstating the nation’s No. 2 official as acting leader Monday while not yet ruling on the separate impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol over his shocking imposition of martial law in December.
Many observers said the 7-1 ruling in Han’s casedid not signal much about the upcoming verdict on Yoon, as Han wasn’t a key figure in imposing martial law. But …
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