SOUTH KOREA’S opposition-controlled National Assembly voted today to impeach acting President Han Duck Soo despite protests by governing party legislators.

The move further deepened the political crisis set off by president Yoon Suk Yeol’s stunning and short-lived imposition of martial law and his ensuing impeachment.

Mr Han’s impeachment means he will be stripped of the powers and duties of the president until the Constitutional Court decides whether to dismiss or reinstate him.