South Korea's Parliament removes the country's acting president from office

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South Korea's Parliament on Friday approved by majority the dismissal of interim President Han Duck-soo, who had been in office for two weeks. teleSUR

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00:00On Friday, South Korea's opposition-controlled National Assembly voted to oust acting President

00:05Han Duk-seo.

00:07The Democratic Party initiated the motion just two weeks after the Prime Minister assumed

00:12the role following the impeachment of President Yun Sung-kyo, who is facing rebellion charges

00:18related to a controversial martial law declaration.

00:22Opposition lawmakers accused Han of failing to appoint judges to the Constitutional Court,

00:26a critical step for addressing Yun's impeachment process, and claimed he had acted in support

00:32of Yun during the political crisis.

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