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The Korean won has plummeted to its lowest level against the dollar since 2008’s global financial crisis.
South Korea’s opposition-controlled National Assembly has voted to impeach the country’s acting leader, Han Duck-soo.
The assembly approved the impeachment motion in a 192-0 vote on Friday. Governing party lawmakers boycotted the vote.
Han, the No 2 official in South Korea, has been the caretaker leader after President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached by the assembly over his short-lived imposition of martial law this month.
Han’s impeachment further deepens South Korea’s political crisis and damages its international image.
Finance minister Choi Sang-mok is set to replace Han as acting president.
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