- Title: PROFILE: South Korea opposition to bring motion to impeach acting President Choi
- Date: 27th December 2024
- Summary: At a news conference on May 23, 2024, Choi announced a 26 trillion won ($19 billion) support package for South Korea's chip businesses, citing a need to keep up in areas like chip design and contract manufacturing amid 'all-out warfare' in the global semiconductor market. SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (FILE - MAY 23, 2024) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** CHOI (CE
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- Keywords: Choi Sang-mok Han Duck-soo Prime Minister Seoul South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol acting president finance minister impeachment martial law politics president
- Location: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
- City: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
- Country: South Korea
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA002944026122024RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:South Korean opposition parties will bring a motion to impeach acting President Choi Sang-mok on Friday (March 21), the majority Democratic Party said in a notice to reporters.
Choi, who is the finance minister, is leading the country in an acting capacity after President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached over a short-lived martial law he declared in December.
Prime Minister Han Duck-soo was impeached by parliament as acting president on December 27, 13 days after taking office for not approving justices to the Constitutional Court, leaving Choi to serve as the country's acting president.
Choi has a bachelor's degree from the Seoul National University law school, where Yoon also studied around the same time. His career in government service has been mostly at the finance ministry, overseeing economic policy making, financial market policies, and external business relations.
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