THE leader of South Korea’s opposition today offered to work with the government to defuse the country’s political crisis.

On Saturday the opposition-controlled parliament voted to impeach the country’s right-wing President Yoon Suk Yeol over his attempt to impose martial law.

Liberal Democratic Party leader Lee Jae Myung, whose party holds a majority in the National Assembly, urged the Constitutional Court to rule swiftly on President Yoon’s impeachment and proposed a special council for policy co-operation between the government and parliament.