South Korea’s Constitutional Court is set to rule on whether to dismiss or reinstate impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, four months after he threw the country into turmoil with an ill-fated declaration of martial law.

Yoon will not attend today’s impeachment ruling due to concerns over public order and security, his legal team said in a text message. He will watch the televised impeachment ruling from his residence in Hannam-dong,

South Korea's Constitutional Court will rule on Friday whether to remove or reinstate impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived martial law declaration that sparked a crisis in a country seen as a democratic success story.