South Korea's political crisis deepened on Friday as the National Assembly voted to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo. The move comes just two weeks after President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached following his failed attempt to impose martial law on December 3.

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, who was impeached on Friday as South Korea's acting president, is a career technocrat whose wide-ranging experience and reputation for rationality failed to shield him from growing political turmoil.

Trouble mounts in South Korea after 192 lawmakers voted on Friday to impeach acting president Han Duck-soo, two weeks after parliament voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol. With this South Korea now witnesses its second impeachment of a head of state in less than two weeks which further destabilises its vibrant political scene.