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.

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SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s main opposition party submitted a motion on Thursday to impeach the country’s acting leader over his reluctance to fill three Constitutional Court vacancies ahead of the court’s review of rebellion charges against impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol stemming from his short-lived martial law decree on Dec. 3.

Trump's return to office raises uncertainty over U.S.-South Korea relations as political turmoil in Seoul challenges effective leadership and diplomacy.

The country has passed the U.N. threshold of a "super-aged society," with one in five of the population now aged over 65.

A probe into the top South Korean military intelligence commander's alleged involvement in martial law operations has been transferred to the military prosecution, the state anti-corruption investigation office said on Thursday.

The secretive nature of succession means that no one outside its highest elites know who could replace Kim Jong Un if he resigns or dies in office.

The lawyers for a former South Korean defence minister under investigation on insurrection charges said on Thursday a short-lived martial law decree imposed earlier this month was to raise alarm on opposition parties' abuse of the democratic process.

South Korea's consumer sentiment dropped sharply this month to hit the weakest level in more than two years on growing worries about political uncertainty following parliament's impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol.

"Through various sources of information and intelligence, we assess that North Korean troops who have recently engaged in combat with Ukrainian forces have suffered around 1,100 casualties," the JCS said in a statement.

The acting president has yet to appoint extra judges to the Constitutional Court as opposition lawmakers requested, leaving in limbo the impeachment of the president who briefly imposed martial law.

South Korea’s main opposition party said Tuesday it will seek to impeach acting leader Han Duck-soo after he missed an opposition-set deadline to approve independent investigations into impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife.