Five opposition parties submitted a motion to impeach acting President Choi Sang-mok on Friday over his non-appointment of a ninth justice at the Constitutional Court. Lawmakers from the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) and four minor parties submitted the impeachment motion at the

South Korean opposition parties will bring a motion to impeach acting President Choi Sang-mok on Friday, the majority Democratic Party said in a notice to reporters, in a move likely to escalate recent political strife in the country.