Out in full force to prevent violence


Taking no chances: (Clockwise from top left) South Korean police officers in their protective equipment walking near the Constitutional Court in Seoul; a supporter of Yoon sitting near the entrance of the court; people walking through a wall of police buses blocking the road outside the Constitutional Court; and police standing near a barricade truck in Seoul. — AP/AFP/Bloomberg

Police will mobilise “all available resources” to prevent violence when a court rules tomorrow on the fate of impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol, with top tourist sites to close and embassies warning citizens to stay away.

The country’s Constitutional Court will issue a ruling on whether to strip Yoon of office over his abortive declaration of martial law, which has already seen him suspended by lawmakers and arrested on insurrection charges.

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