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South Korea s impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol has been ousted from office by the country s constitutional court Yoon was impeached over his imposition of martial law on Dec in a surprise late-night broadcast where he declared martial law in South Korea the first time in over years The decision now starts a -day countdown where a presidential poll must be held to select the next president South Korea s Constitutional Court Friday upheld the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol ousting him from office The decision now starts a -day countdown where a presidential vote must be held to select the next president In the interim Prime Minister Han Duck-soo has been reinstated as acting president following a decision by the constitutional court on March In a broadcast on South Korea television the acting chief of the Constitutional Court Moon Hyung-bae commented the decision was unanimous Moon declared that the former president s declaration of martial law did not meet the legal requirement for a national situation He added that Yoon had violated the law by sending troops to the country s parliament to stop the reversal of martial law according to a translation by local media Yonhap Following the decision South Korea s Kospi plunged and the small cap Kosdaq fell The South Korean won strengthened about South Korea s Democratic Party declared the ruling a people s triumph while Yoon s People s Power Party reported it humbly accepts the court s decision according to Yonhap Yoon was impeached over his imposition of martial law on Dec in a surprise late-night broadcast citing the need to protect the country from North Korean communist forces and anti-state forces This was the first time martial law was declared in South Korea in over years Lawmakers then voted down the decree at the country s parliament hours after the martial law declaration before filing impeachment motions against Yoon a scarce days later Yoon was impeached on Dec and suspended from office