Acting President Han holds 1st phone talks with Trump since Yoon's ouster

▲ Acting President Han Duck-soo makes remarks at a Cabinet meeting at the government complex in Seoul on April 8, 2025. (Yonhap)

▲ U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 7, 2025, in this photo released by AFP. (Yonhap)

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Acting President Han holds 1st phone talks with Trump since Yoon's ouster

SEOUL, April 8 (Yonhap) -- Acting President Han Duck-soo spoke by phone with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday, his office said, marking their first talks since South Korea was thrust into political turmoil triggered by former President Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law debacle.

The phone talks came four days after South Korea's Constitutional Court removed Yoon from office over his short-lived martial law imposition in December.

Han's phone talks with Trump cap monthslong political and diplomatic uncertainties for Seoul as the leadership vacuum has stoked worries over a delay in leader-to-leader engagement with its ally at a time when it faces a string of issues to address with Washington, from Trump's tariffs to North Korea's evolving military threats.

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