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South Korea Constitutional Court to rule on PM Han's impeachment on March 24

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March 20, 2025
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SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's Constitutional Court said on Thursday it will deliver a decision on Prime Minister Han Duck-soo's impeachment on March 24 after he was suspended as acting president last year.

The ruling on whether to oust Han or restore his position will be carefully watched as it comes ahead of a highly anticipated impeachment ruling by the same court on suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol.

The Constitutional Court has yet to announce a date for its ruling on whether to uphold Yoon's impeachment or restore his presidential powers.

Han was impeached as acting president by South Korea's parliament more than two months ago amid the country's worst political turmoil in decades.

Han took over as acting leader from President Yoon, who was himself impeached over his short-lived declaration of martial law last year.

Han had been in the position of acting president less than two weeks and was impeached on December 27 after clashing with the opposition-led parliament by refusing to appoint three more justices to the Constitutional Court.Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok assumed the position of acting president while the cases of Yoon and Han were considered by the Constitutional Court.

(Reporting by Joyce Lee and Jack KimEditing by Ed Davies)

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