(24 Mar 2025)
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Seoul, South Korea – 24 March 2025
1. South Korean acting President and Prime Minister Han Duck-soo arriving to address the nation
2. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Han Duck-soo, acting South Korean President and Prime Minister:
"With the inauguration of U.S President (Donald) Trump, the U.S-China power struggle has been intensified, and we are facing great geopolitical change and reorganization of the economic order. As acting President, while doing my best to ensure stable governance in accordance with the law and constitution, I will put my best efforts and knowledge into safeguarding the national interest in the trade war that has become reality."
3. Cutaway of news conference
4. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Han Duck-soo, acting South Korean President and Prime Minister: ++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT++
"I will look only at the whole country and our people and listen to every voice in order for the country to move forward the age of reason and common sense. I sincerely ask for bipartisan support so the country can overcome the current crisis and move forward and rise upward."
5. Han leaving
STORYLINE:
Acting South Korean President Han Duck-soo pledged on Monday to focus on the "national interest" after the country’s Constitutional Court overturned his impeachment.
Referring to the U.S. Trump administration’s tariffs policy, Han told reporters "safeguarding" South Korea’s interests would be a priority.
"With the inauguration of U.S President (Donald) Trump, the U.S-China power struggle has been intensified, and we are facing great geopolitical change and reorganization of the economic order," he said.
Han became acting president after the separate impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol over his imposition of martial law.
But Han was impeached by the liberal opposition-controlled National Assembly as well in late December following political strife with opposition lawmakers.
The unprecedented, successive impeachments that suspended the country’s top two officials intensified a domestic division and deepened worries about the country’s diplomatic and economic activities.
The deputy prime minister and finance minister, Choi Sang-mok, had since been serving as acting president.
On Monday, seven of the court’s eight justices overturned or dismissed Han’s impeachment.
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