South Korea's opposition said on Thursday it had filed an impeachment motion against acting leader Han Duck-soo, in an escalating row over the composition of the Constitutional Court that would decide whether to remove his predecessor from office.

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, who became South Korea's acting president after Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment, is a career technocrat whose wide-ranging experience and reputation for rationality may not be enough to stem the country's deepening political crisis.

Dec. 26 (UPI) --South Korea's opposition Democratic Party submitted an impeachment motion against embattled acting President Han Duck-soo on Thursday in the latest challenge to the country's leadership structure. Han had refused to fill positions in the ...