South Korea's acting president, Han Duck-soo, moved on Sunday to reassure the country's allies and calm financial markets a day after President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached and suspended from his duties over a martial law attempt.

South Korea’s opposition leader offered Sunday to work with the government to ease the political tumult as officials sought to reassure allies and markets, a day after the opposition-controlled parliament voted to impeach conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol over a short-lived attempt to impose martial law.

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, who became South Korea's acting president after Saturday's impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol, is a career technocrat whose wide-ranging experience and reputation for rationality could serve him well in his latest role.

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, now South Korea's acting president, is a seasoned technocrat with over three decades of experience under five presidents. A Harvard doctorate in economics, he played a key role in the US-South Korea Free Trade Agreement.

S Korea democracy WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea demonstrated its democratic resilience and the United States is ready to work with acting President Han Duck-soo, the top U.S. diplomat said Saturday after the National Assembly voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his botched martial law