South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is putting up a desperate fight for his political life at Seoul’s Constitutional Court after being impeached and arrested for his short-lived imposition of martial law last year.

A Lee Jae-myung presidency will complicate the political landscape in East Asia, forcing Trump to prioritize which security threat to address first: North Korea or China.

South Korea's Constitutional Court held a hearing Tuesday as part of the ongoing trial on the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol. He has been jailed at a detention facility near Seoul since law enforcement authorities arrested him in January.

The former prosecutor has remained defiant throughout weeks of hearings, blaming a ‘malicious’ opposition for his December bid to suspend civilian rule.

With the passing of “engagement,” the mood had darkened considerably in Seoul, mirroring a new, bellicose swagger evident around the world among the leading democracies. Confrontation with increasing arms races, demonstrations of strength, and allied summitry were the order of the day.

South Korea’s Constitutional Court will hold another hearing next week before deciding whether President Yoon Suk Yeol should be permanently removed from office for his ill-fated martial law declaration in December.

South Korea's impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol attended on Thursday the eighth hearing of his impeachment trial over his short-lived imposition of martial law, at the Constitutional Court in Seoul. (Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN).