By Diplomacy Journal Lee Kap-soo

The Constitutional Court dismissed the National Assembly's impeachment charges against Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Mach 24. Han will immediately return to work and serve as acting president.

The Constitutional Court held a hearing for Han's impeachment trial earlier in the day and dismissed the National Assembly's impeachment charges. Han's impeachment was dismissed in a 5-1 vote by the court's eight justices. Two justices voted to reject the impeachment motion entirely.

The National Assembly argued that Han should be dismissed because he conspired or aided and abetted President Yoon Suk-yeol's Dec. 3 declaration of emergency martial law.

The ruling came three months after the National Assembly impeached the prime minister and then acting president over his alleged role in Yoon's Dec. 3 declaration of martial law, among other reasons.