Opposition leader meets U.S. envoy amid martial law aftermath Lee Jae-myung (L), leader of the main opposition Democratic Party, poses with U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Philip Goldberg during their meeting at the National Assembly in Seoul on Dec.

South Korea's main opposition party threatened on Monday to impeach acting president Han Duck-soo if he failed to approve legislation to launch a special counsel investigation into President Yoon Suk Yeol's failed bid to impose martial law.

The president faces an accusation of insurrection and, in a first for a sitting leader, the possibility of arrest. Here’s what to know about his political future.

South Korean investigators on Friday pressed ahead with their probe into impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his Dec. 3 martial law declaration, issuing another summons demanding that he appear for questioning on Christmas Day,

South Korean police have questioned Prime Minister and Acting President Han Duck-soo as part of an investigation into the short-lived decision this month to impose martial law, an official at his office said on Friday.

Some members of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s own party helped remove him from office. But the political uncertainty is far from over.

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.

Democractic party leader says ‘delays show that prime minister has no intention of complying with constitution’