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 Constitutional Court on Thursday said impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol will have another hearing next week before judges decide whether to formally remove him from office over his martial law decree.

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.

The South Korean Constitutional Court said on Thursday it will hold an additional hearing for President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment trial next week.

South Korean prosecutors indicted on Monday 63 people for their role in storming a court building last month to protest the detention of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, with some facing charges carrying up to a seven-year jail term,

SEOUL -- South Korea's constitutional court on Thursday designated one more hearing of President Yoon Suk-yeol's impeachment trial. The court said the ninth hearing will be held at 2:00 pm local time (0500 GMT) on Feb 18. The eighth formal hearing was held earlier on Thursday with the arrested president being present.

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 ousted President Yoon Seok Yeol faces potentially his last impeachment hearing over his failed martial law bid before judges begin deliberations on whether to formally remove him from office.