On April 4th at 11 a.m., South Korea’s Constitutional Court officially ruled to remove President Yoon Suk Yeol from office, marking a historic …

  SEOUL | Xinhua |  South Korea’s Constitutional Court on Friday removed President Yoon Suk-yeol from office by upholding his impeachment by the National Assembly. The conservative leader became the country’s second sitting president to be forcibly removed from power following former President Park Geun-hye’s ouster through impeachment in 2017. Yoon also became the third …

How Asia’s fourth-largest economy got to this point still has many scratching their heads.

Friday’s ruling brought a dramatic end to Yoon’s presidency and was met with a mix of jubilation and sorrow in the streets of Seoul.

South Korea's constitutional court has unanimously upheld the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, whose declaration of martial law last December led to political turmoil. Yoon's powers were suspended in January following a parliamentary vote to impeach him.

South Korea’s Constitutional Court unanimously removed Yoon Suk Yeol from office Friday, ending his tumultuous presidency and setting up a new election, four months after he threw the nation into turmoil with an ill-fated declaration of martial law. Story by Caroline Baum.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was ousted on Friday by the Constitutional Court, ushering in an election after it upheld parliament's impeachment over his imposition of martial law that sparked the nation's worst political crisis in decades. Details by FRANCE 24 regional correspondent in China, Yena Lee.

Presidential election is required to take place within 60 days; PM Han Duck-soo will continue to serve as acting president.

On April 4, former President Yoon Suk Yeol was officially dismissed from office after the Constitutional Court unanimously upheld his impeachment.&am…