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\n South Korea’s Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, who became the country’s acting leader after President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment, is shown speaking during a cabinet meeting at the government complex in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 24, 2024.
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<\/p>\n AP\/Yonhap<\/p>\n <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n SEOUL, South Korea \u2014 South Korea’s Constitutional Court on Monday overturned the impeachment of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, reinstating the nation’s No. 2 official as acting leader, while not yet ruling on the separate impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol.<\/p>\n Many observers said Monday’s ruling doesn’t signal much on the upcoming verdict on Yoon, as Han wasn’t a key figure in Yoon’s martial law imposition. But it could still embolden Yoon’s staunch supporters and ramp up their political offensive on the opposition.<\/p>\n Han became acting president after Yoon, a conservative, was impeached by the liberal opposition-controlled National Assembly over his Dec. 3 imposition of martial law that triggered a massive political crisis. But Han was impeached by the assembly as well in late December following political strife with opposition lawmakers.<\/p>\n