South Korea opposition leader says to go ahead with plan to impeach acting president Han Duck-soo

Seoul: South Korea's opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung said on Friday the party will go ahead with a plan to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo in order to eradicate those helping people responsible for "insurrection".

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, who became South Korea's acting president after Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment, is a career technocrat whose wide-ranging experience and reputation for rationality may not be enough to stem the country's deepening political crisis.

Since parliament's impeachment vote against Yoon passed on Dec. 14 after his short-lived martial law declaration on Dec. 3, Yoon has been suspended from exercising presidential powers and the prime minister took over in an acting role.