The plane crash is the first major test for South Korea’s acting president, Choi Sang-mok, who had been appointed the interim leader only on Friday, as the country grapples with a political crisis at the highest levels.

Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok became on Friday South Korea's second acting president in two weeks, as lawmakers voted to impeach the current acting leader, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, fuelling political uncertainty in Asia's fourth-largest economy.

Trouble mounts in South Korea after 192 lawmakers voted on Friday to impeach acting president Han Duck-soo, two weeks after parliament voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol. With this South Korea now witnesses its second impeachment of a head of state in less than two weeks which further destabilises its vibrant political scene.