South Korea's acting President Han Duck-soo ordered emergency support measures for businesses that will be impacted by the imposition of U.S. tariffs, including automobiles, the industry ministry said on Thursday.

South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol attends the hearing of his impeachment trial over his short-lived imposition of martial law, at the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, February 20,

South Korea’s interim leadership was thrown into emergency mode to protect the export-reliant economy from a trade crisis after the Trump administration announced one of the worst tariff rates to hit a US security ally.