The catchphrase “8-0” was blasted on loudspeakers and seen on placards in Seoul’s historic centre of Jongno District, where thousands of critics of impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol gathered. The demonstrators on Thursday were calling for Yoon to be impeached,

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.

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.