SEOUL, Dec 27 — Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok will take on his role as acting president on Friday, after the opposition-controlled National Assembly's motion to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo, his office confirmed, according to the Yonhap News Agency.

SEOUL, Dec 27 — South Korea’s National Assembly voted to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo less on Friday, than two weeks after he took over from President Yoon Suk-yeol, who was impeached for his botched imposition of martial law, Yonhap News Agency reported.

SEOUL — South Korea's main opposition party said it will introduce a bill to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo on Thursday and hold a vote on Friday, a move that could deepen the country's constitutional crisis triggered by a short-lived martial law.

SEOUL, Dec 16 — South Korea's finance ministry vowed yesterday to continue to swiftly deploy market stabilising measures as needed to support the economy after President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached over his brief imposition of martial law.

SEOUL, Dec 15 — South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's impeachment on Saturday, suspending him from his official duties, capped 11 days of political crisis that roiled his country, sparked by his surprise decision to impose martial law.

SEOUL, Dec 15 — South Korea’s People Power Party’s (PPP) floor leader Kweon Seong-dong has said that the ruling party has rejected a proposal by the country's main opposition party to set up a consultative body to stabilise the operation of state affairs, reported Xinhua.

SEOUL, Dec 14 — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached today in a second vote by the opposition-led Parliament over his short-lived attempt last week to impose martial law, a move that shocked the nation and split his party.

SEOUL, Dec 14 — South Korean lawmakers started voting today on a second motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his attempt to impose martial law, a move that shocked the nation, split his party and imperilled his presidency half way through his term.

SEOUL, Dec 13 — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said yesterday he would "fight to the end" as his own political party shifted closer to voting with the opposition to impeach him over his short-lived martial law order that threw the US ally into turmoil.

SEOUL, Dec 11 — South Korean police raided the office of President Yoon Suk Yeol, a presidential security official said today, in a widening investigation into the embattled leader’s failed attempt to impose martial law.

NEW DELHI, Dec 10 — Indian opposition parties moved to impeach Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday, a spokesman said, accusing him of being partisan in his role as chairman of parliament's upper house, in a first such move in the country's history.

SEOUL, Dec 7 — South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol survived an impeachment vote in the opposition-led Parliament on Saturday that was prompted by his short-lived attempt to impose martial law this week, after members of his party boycotted the session.

SEOUL, Dec 7 — Members of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's party left Parliament ahead of a planned impeachment vote on Saturday over his attempt to impose martial law.

SEOUL, Dec 6 — South Korea’s main opposition leader Lee Jae-myung warned that President Yoon Suk Yeol might make another attempt to declare martial law before Parliament votes on impeaching him tomorrow.

SEOUL, Dec 4 — South Korean lawmakers submitted a bill today to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol after he declared martial law and reversed the move hours later, triggering a political crisis in Asia’s fourth-largest economy.

WASHINGTON, Sept 29 — US House Republicans opened the first impeachment inquiry hearing on Thursday against Democratic President Joe Biden, weeks after Speaker Kevin McCarthy made the call,  Xinhua reported.

WASHINGTON, Jan 23 — US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Friday that the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump's will begin the week of Feb 8.

WASHINGTON, Jan 14 — The US House on Wednesday voted to impeach President Donald Trump over "incitement of insurrection," making him the first president to be impeached twice, reported Xinhua news agency.