South Korean courts to decide fate of impeached president Yoon in coming days

FILE – Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol greets his supporters as he comes out of a detention center in Uiwang, South Korea, on March 8, 2025. (Kim Do-hun/Yonhap via AP)

South Korea’s Constitutional Court will rule on Friday as to whether it will formally dismiss or reinstate impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol.

The court has been deliberating on Yoon’s political fate over his ill-fated imposition of martial law that triggered a massive political crisis.