South Korea's Constitutional Court Friday upheld the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, ousting him from office. The decision now starts a 60-day countdown where a presidential election must be held to select the next president.

South Korea's Constitutional Court on Friday decided to oust President Yoon Suk Yeol, upholding parliament's impeachment motion over his short-lived imposition of martial law last year that sparked the country's worst political crisis in decades.

Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was removed from office four months after he declared martial law, sending troops into parliament.