Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok became on Friday South Korea's second acting president in two weeks, as lawmakers voted to impeach the current acting leader, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, fuelling political uncertainty in Asia's fourth-largest economy.

The South Korean parliament voted Friday to impeach Acting President Han Duck-soo, just days after his predecessor Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached over declaring a short-lived martial law.The liberal opposition bloc led by the Democratic Party,

South Korea’s parliament voted to impeach prime minister and acting President Han Duck-soo Friday, less than two weeks after parliament stripped President Yoon Suk Yeol of his powers over his short-lived martial law order that plunged the country into political chaos.