(24 Mar 2025)
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Seoul, South Korea – 24 March 2025
1. Wide of South Korea’s Prime Minister and acting President Han Duck-soo arriving at government complex
2. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Han Duck-soo, acting President and Prime Minister of South Korea:
"I am grateful for the wise decision (by the Constitutional Court). Above all else, I want to thank (former) acting President Choi Sang-mok and cabinet members for leading the country during the suspension of my duty. I will tend to the most urgent matters."
3. Wide of Han
4. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Han Duck-soo, acting President and Prime Minister of South Korea:
"I think South Korean people are raising voices against the politicians, who are continuing this fierce conflict. There is no more left or right in the country. The country must go forward or rise upward. That is the most important task ahead of us."
5. Han entering complex
STORYLINE:
South Korea’s Constitutional Court overturned the impeachment of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, and reinstated him as acting leader on Monday.
Han, who is South Korea’s No. 2 official, was also reinstated to the role of acting president. When he arrived at the government complex in Seoul, Han said the court had made a "wise decision."
The court has not yet ruled on the separate impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol.
Han also urged South Korean people to come together during the ongoing turmoil over Yeol’s impeachment.
Han became acting president of South Korea after Yoon was impeached by the National Assembly over his December 3 imposition of martial law that triggered a massive political crisis.
But Han was impeached by the assembly as well in late December after political strife with opposing lawmakers.
The unprecedented impeachments intensified a political divide and deepened worries about the country’s diplomatic and economic activities.
AP video shot by Yong Jun Chang
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