In the whirlwind first 24 hours after Prime Minister Han Duck-soo became the third acting president in Korea's history, he took a series of steps to ensure swift stabilization of state affairs and diplomacy,

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, who has assumed the role of acting president following the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday, is a career bureaucrat with a background in economics who has spent 40 years as a public servant.