South Korean Acting President Han Duck-soo resigned on Thursday (May 1), indicating he would run for the June 3 presidential election.
Han announced his decision at a press briefing in the government complex in Seoul, putting an end to weeks of speculation about his potential candidacy in the election prompted by the impeachment of his former boss, former President Yoon Suk-yeol.
"Thinking of the weight of the responsibility I carry at this grave time, after thinking long and carefully about whether such a decision is in fact right and inevitable, I decided that if this is the only way, I must take it," he stated during the briefing.
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