Yoon's step harmful to democracy, says top court

The Constitutional Court of South Korea has removed Yoon Suk Yeol as president ruling that the six-hour martial law that he had imposed on December was unconstitutional, and that through the martial law he had posed a “serious challenge to democracy”.

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Acting Chief Justice Mon Hyung-bae said that Yoon "committed a grave betrayal of the people's trust" and that the martial law decision has created chaos in all areas of society, the economy and foreign policy.

The court did not accept his argument that the declaration of martial law was meant to raise an alarm that the opposition party was abusing its parliamentary majority. The court said that there were other legal means to remedy the situation. Yoon's supporters protested and came out on the streets, but they were peaceful. On the other hand, democracy supporters who were opposed to Yoon's decision to martial law celebrated the court's verdict. Yoon through his lawyers had said in a message, "I am so sorry and regretful that I wasn't able to live up to your expectations."