South Korea’s Acting President Han Duck-soo stepped down from his post on Thursday, paving the way for a widely expected announcement of his presidential candidacy.Han’s resignation comes just days before the legal deadline for public officials to leave their posts if they intend to run for president.

South Korea’s former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo says he will run in next month’s presidential election and would seek to lessen the powers of the office and ease strife-ridden domestic politics if he wins.

South Korean acting president Han Duck-soo resigned his position as prime minister Thursday ahead of a likely run for president in a June 3 election called to replace President Yoon Suk Yeol who was r