The vote was the second major impeachment in two weeks after President Yoon’s ill-fated martial law bid set off turmoil. The country’s currency has plunged.

South Korea’s main opposition party has submitted a motion to impeach the country’s acting leader over his reluctance to fill three Constitutional Court vacancies ahead of the court’s review of rebellion charges against impeached President Yoon Suk

In the impeachment motion, the opposition accuses Mr Han of violating his duty as the South Korean acting president, citing his refusal to formally appoint the judges and promulgate two special probe Bills to investigate Mr Yoon’s short-lived imposition of martial law and graft allegations involving his wife Kim Keon Hee.