Following months of deliberation, South Korea’s Constitutional Court will decide this week whether to uphold the legislature’s impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol over his brief imposition of martial law in December and formally remove him from office or restore his presidential powers.
Friday’s decision follows weeks of massive rallies in Seoul, with protesters deeply divided between calling for his ouster or reinstatement, as the political turmoil caused by Yoon’s authoritarian push paralyzed state affairs, disrupted high-level diplomacy and rattled an already ailing economy.
