The main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) said Tuesday that it will immediately seek to impeach acting President and Prime Minister Han Duck-soo after he refused to meet the party's demand to promulgate special investigation bills targeting President Yoon Suk Yeol and first lady Kim Keon Hee by Christmas Eve.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s main liberal opposition party said Tuesday it will seek to impeach acting leader Han Duck-soo, as Seoul grapples with the turmoil set off when impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol made a short-lived declaration of martial law.

The leader of South Korea's ruling People Power Party says he is now in favor of impeaching President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived declaration of martial law.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached Saturday over his short-lived martial law decree, with twelve lawmakers from his own party joining the opposition to pass the motion in the National Assembly.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Thursday he would "fight to the end" as his own political party shifted closer to voting with the opposition to impeach him over his short-lived martial law order that threw the U.

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

South Korea's main opposition party will submit a bill to impeach acting president Han Duck-soo on Tuesday, a party spokesperson said, increasing the risk of further political uncertainty in Asia's fourth-largest economy.