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| Office | Image | Name | Assumed office / Current length |
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 President of the Republic of Korea |  | Yoon Suk Yeol | 10 May 2022 (Powers and duties suspended since 14 December 2024) |
 | Choi Sang-mok | 27 December 2024 (Acting President) | |
 Speaker of the National Assembly |  | Woo Won-shik | 5 June 2024 |
 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court |  | Cho Hee-dae | 8 December 2023 |
 President of the Constitutional Court |  | Moon Hyungbae (Acting) | 18 October 2024 |
 Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea |  | Han Duck-soo (suspended since 27 December) | 21 May 2022 |
| | Choi Sang-mok (acting since 27 December) | 27 December 2024 | |
As per Presidential Decree No. 28394, 2017. 10. 17., partially amended, the following days are declared holidays in South Korea: [20] [21]
The president of the Republic of Korea, also known as the president of Korea, is both the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Korea. The president is directly elected by the citizens of the Republic of Korea and pledges to execute the duties of their office, chief among others "to defend the State, pursue peaceful unification of the homeland." The president leads the State Council, is the chief of the executive branch of the national government and the commander-in-chief of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces.
The prime minister of the Republic of Korea is the deputy head of government and the second highest political office of South Korea. The prime minister is appointed by the president of the Republic of Korea, with the National Assembly's approval. The prime minister may be a member of the National Assembly, but this is not required to hold the office.
Han Duck-soo is a South Korean diplomat, economist, and politician who served as acting president of South Korea from 14 to 27 December 2024 and the 48th prime minister of South Korea from 2022. Since 27 December 2024, Han has been suspended from his presidential and prime ministerial powers following his impeachment by the National Assembly of Korea.
Yoon Suk Yeol is a South Korean politician and prosecutor who has been the 13th president of South Korea since 2022. Following his impeachment, his powers are currently suspended.
Presidential elections were held in South Korea on 9 March 2022. Under the South Korean constitution, presidents are restricted to a single five-year term, meaning that incumbent president Moon Jae-in was ineligible to run for a second term. Opposition candidate Yoon Suk Yeol of the People Power Party won the election, defeating candidate Lee Jae-myung of the incumbent Democratic Party.
The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials, or CIO in short, is an independent agency of the South Korean government responsible for prosecuting crimes and investigating allegations involving "high-ranking officials" or their direct family members.
Kim Keon-hee is a South Korean businesswoman who was the first lady of South Korea since 2022 as the wife of Yoon Suk Yeol. Since 2009, she has been the chief executive officer and president of the art exhibition company Covana Contents.
Han Dong-hoon is a South Korean politician and prosecutor who served as the 69th Minister of Justice from May 2022 to December 2023 under the cabinet of Yoon Suk Yeol. He was a leader of People Power Party from July to December 2024. Before joining politics, Han played a key role as an anti-corruption prosecutor alongside Yoon Suk Yeol in convicting former presidents Park Geun-hye and Lee Myung-bak, Samsung executive Lee Jae-yong, and family members of former minister of justice Cho Kuk. Han served as a principal deputy when Yoon held senior positions in the Supreme Prosecutors' Office of Korea.
The following lists events in the year 2024 in South Korea.
Park An-su is a South Korean army general serving as the Chief of Staff of the Army.
Choi Sang-mok is a South Korean politician who has served as the acting president and acting prime minister of South Korea since 27 December 2024 following the impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol and Han Duck-soo. He has also served as the deputy prime minister and minister of Economy and Finance since December 2023.
On 3 December 2024, at 22:27 Korea Standard Time (KST), Yoon Suk Yeol, the president of South Korea, declared martial law during a televised address. In his declaration, Yoon accused the Democratic Party (DPK), which has a majority in the National Assembly, of conducting "anti-state activities" and collaborating with "North Korean communists" to destroy the country, thereby creating a "legislative dictatorship". The order prohibited political activities, including gatherings of the National Assembly and local legislatures, and suspended the free press. Separately, Yoon reportedly ordered the arrest of various political opponents, including the leaders of the DPK and his own People Power Party. This event was widely characterized by Korean politicians and news organizations, both international and domestic, as an attempted self-coup.
Kim Yong-hyun is a South Korean former lieutenant general and politician who served as the Minister of National Defense from 6 September 2024 until his resignation on 5 December 2024 for his involvement in the 2024 South Korean martial law. On 8 December 2024, he was arrested on suspicion of committing insurrection by advising President Yoon Suk Yeol to declare martial law and sending troops into the National Assembly to seize the legislature.
On 14 December 2024, Yoon Suk Yeol, the president of South Korea, was impeached by the National Assembly. This action came in response to Yoon's declaration of martial law on 3 December 2024, which was overturned by the National Assembly and officially withdrawn six hours later on 4 December 2024.
On 27 December 2024, South Korean Prime Minister and acting president Han Duck-soo was impeached. The impeachment occurred 10 days after President Yoon Suk Yeol had been impeached as a result of his brief enactment of martial law, making Han acting president.
Beginning on 3 January 2025, South Korean authorities attempted to arrest Yoon Suk Yeol, the president of South Korea. Yoon had confined himself at his official presidential residence since his impeachment on 14 December 2024. The arrest warrant, granted on 31 December 2024 by the Seoul Western District Court, stemmed from investigations into Yoon's martial law declaration on 3 December 2024, as well as his refusal to attend any of the three summons demanded by the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO). On 15 January 2025, after an infiltration of his residence, Yoon handed himself over to the CIO, ending the arrest effort.
Park Jong-jun is a South Korean politician and former police officer who has served as the head of the Presidential Security Service from 9 September 2024 to 10 January 2025, when he resigned from the position following his arrest for obstructing the execution of arrest of President Yoon Suk Yeol.
On 19 January 2025, at 03:00 Korea Standard Time (KST), supporters of the impeached president of South Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol, broke and entered through a window into the Seoul Western District Court to protest the formal arrest warrant that extended the previous detainment warrant for up to 20 days pending the prosecutors' decision on indictment. The protesters injured several police officers and attacked journalists. By 06:08, the police announced they had restored order.
