Yoon Suk Yeol’s ouster over his martial-law decree triggers a snap vote to elect a leader who will face challenges on trade, U.S. relations and North Korea.

South Korea's Constitutional Court on Friday removed President Yoon Suk Yeol from office over his stunning declaration of martial law in a case that ignited the worst political crisis in decades and rattled markets.

Members of the police stand guard next to a far-right demonstrators' gathering as they wait for the Constitutional Court ruling on President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment, near his residence in Seoul, South Korea, April 4, 2025. REUTERS/Kim Soo-hyeon

South Korea’s Constitutional Court removed impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol from office on Friday, four months after he threw South Korean politics into turmoil by declaring martial law and sending troops to parliament in an ill-fated effort to break through legislative gridlock.

South Korea is bracing for a potentially violent public reaction to a Constitutional Court ruling on Friday on whether to remove impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol from office or reinstate him amid the country's worst political crisis in decades.

STORY: South Korea's president Yoon Suk Yeol was ousted from office on Friday over his short-lived attempt at martial law.The Constitutional Court's eight justices ruled unanimously to uphold parliament’s motion to impeach Yoon.

The constitutional court voted unanimously to uphold president Yoon's impeachment following his short-lived declaration of martial law.

South Korea's president has been removed from office after the Constitutional Court voted unanimously to uphold his impeachment. Yoon Suk Yeol was suspended from duty in December after being impeached by parliament,

South Korea's Constitutional Court is set to rule Friday on whether to strip impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol of office over his abortive declaration of martial law which plunged the