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South Korea’s President Yoon removed from office over martial law decree

The South Korean national flag with a photograph of ex-President Yoon Suk-yeol is held up by supporters who gathered for the Constitutional Court's ruling in Seoul, South Korea, on April 4, 2025 [Kim Soo-hyeon/Reuters]

Seoul, South Korea – South Korea’s Constitutional Court unanimously voted to remove President Yoon Suk-yeol over his declaration of martial law late last year.

As he read the verdict in court on Friday morning, acting chief justice Moon Hyung-bae dismissed each of Yoon’s reasons for declaring martial law and said the president had overstepped his authority by deploying troops on the streets of the capital in December.

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