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.

South Korea's suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol will get another hearing next week before judges decide on whether to formally remove him from office over his martial law decree, the country's Constitutional Court said Thursday.

The secretary general of South Korea's National Election Commission defended the integrity of the country's elections on Tuesday amid claims by impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol that votes may have been compromised.

Should the Constitutional Court uphold the impeachment of Yoon Suk-yeol, who will run for the presidential election?

Another hearing will be held next week before deciding whether President Yoon Suk Yeol should be permanently removed from office. South Korea’s Constitutional Court will hold another hearing next week

If the impeachment bid is upheld, an election must be held within 60 days to choose a new president. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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).