South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol could try to impose martial law again or undermine constitutional institutions should he be reinstated, lawyers for parliament argued on Tuesday as his impeachment trial entered its final phase.

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 ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol faces potentially his last impeachment hearing Thursday over his failed martial law bid before judges

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

Hearing of Yoon's impeachment trial Moon Hyung-bae, acting chief justice of the Constitutional Court, is seated at the court in Seoul on Feb. 18, 2025, during the ninth hearing of President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment trial over his short-lived imposition of martial law in December.