A South Korean court will rule on the impeachment of President Yoon Seok-yeol on April 4.

The Constitutional Court of South Korea will rule on the impeachment of President Yoon Seok-young on April 4. This was announced on Tuesday, April 1, according to the Nikkei Asia newspaper.

"The decision on the impeachment of President Yoon Seok-young will be announced on April 4, 2025 at [0500 GMT]," the court said in a statement.

The session of the Constitutional Court will be open. If the court upholds the impeachment with the votes of at least six of the eight judges, Yun will be removed from office, and the country will have to elect a new leader within 60 days. If the court rejects the claim, the president will be immediately reinstated, the newspaper said.

Police are preparing for potentially violent protests amid a sharp political divide.

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The situation in South Korea worsened on December 3 last year after the president declared martial law, which was caused by the threat of paralysis of power that arose due to attempts to conduct impeachment proceedings. The commander of the emergency regime, Chief of Staff of the Army Pak Ahn Su noted that until the lifting of martial law, the activities of Parliament, political parties and associations are prohibited.

The head of state was arrested for 48 hours on January 15 this year. The Seoul Western District Court took the president into custody on January 19 (January 18, Moscow time). As a result, his supporters staged a pogrom. The arrest warrant for Yoon Seok-young was lifted by the court on March 6. According to Yonhap, he filed a motion in February calling the indictment for declaring martial law illegal.