Acting president appoints 9th justice to Constitutional Court

▲ The Constitutional Court's eight justices -- (from L to R, rear) Chung Kye-sun, Kim Bok-hyeong, Jung Jung-mi, Lee Mi-son, Moon Hyung-bae, Kim Hyung-du, Cheong Hyung-sik and Cho Han-chang -- are seated at the court in Seoul on April 4, 2025, to deliver the court's ruling on whether to dismiss or reinstate impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived imposition of martial law in December. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)

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Acting president appoints 9th justice to Constitutional Court

By Lee Haye-ah

SEOUL, April 8 (Yonhap) -- Acting President Han Duck-soo said Tuesday he has appointed Ma Eun-hyuk as the ninth justice of the Constitutional Court.

In a statement, he said he has also nominated Lee Wan-kyu, minister of government legislation, and Ham Sang-hun, a justice of the Seoul High Court, to replace retiring justices Moon Hyung-bae and Lee Mi-son of the Constitutional Court.

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