Hot air balloons prepare to rise in the sky during the international hot-air balloon festival in Pokhara on Jan. 1, 2025.

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Acting President Choi Sang-mok on Tuesday appointed two justices to the Constitutional Court, partially meeting the opposition's demand to fill three vacancies on the bench before ... President Yoon ...