South Korea's acting president faces an impeachment vote as the Constitutional Court meets for its first hearing on Friday in the case of President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was impeached and suspended from duties after a short-lived martial law.

The passenger plane was landing when it went off the runway in Muan, in the country’s southwest. The flight came from Bangkok; only two people survived the crash.

When South Korea's acting President Choi Sang-mok arrived at the scene of the deadliest air disaster on the country's soil on Sunday, he had been on the job for less than 48 hours.

The plane crash is the first major test for South Korea’s acting president, Choi Sang-mok, who had been appointed the interim leader only on Friday, as the country grapples with a political crisis at the highest levels.

With at least 85 people killed, the crash marked the worst aviation accident involving a South Korean airline since a Korean Air jet slammed into a hill in Guam, a U.S. territory in the western Pacific, in 1997. That crash killed 229 of the 254 people on board.

SEOUL: South Korea's suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol refused a summons to appear for questioning on Sunday (Dec 29), the third time he has defied investigators' demands in two wee

South Korea's suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol authorised the military to fire their weapons if needed to enter parliament during his failed bid to impose martial law, according to a prosecutors' report seen by AFP on Saturday.

Suspended president Yoon Suk-yeol authorised the military to fire their weapons if needed to enter parliament, according to prosecutors.

The former president of South Korea authorized soldiers to shoot to enter the parliament. This happened during a failed attempt to impose martial law in the country, reports France24. A 10-page summary of the indictment of former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun,

South Korea’s opposition-controlled National Assembly voted Friday to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo despite vehement protests by governing party lawmakers, further deepening the country’s political crisis set off by President Yoon Suk Yeol’s stunning imposition of martial law and ensuing impeachment.

According to a report from prosecutors, South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol told the defence chief that military forces could shoot if necessary to enter the National Assembly.