Nam Hyun-joo, an employee at a theological school, told the BBC that she believed the Chinese Communist Party was "the main actor behind the election fraud". Standing alone outside the Constitutional Court in the biting January cold, she held a protest sign denouncing the judiciary.

The French interior ministry said on Tuesday that it would propose a ban on Legion X, a fan group for second-tier football club Paris FC, due to it being involved with serious violence for years.

Seoul informs foreign envoys that new president will be chosen within 60 days of court ruling The Constitutional Court’s unanimous decision to permanently eject President Yoon Suk Yeol has cleared a monthslong fog of uncertainty for foreign countries over how and when South Korea’s political leadership vacuum would end.

South Korea’s Constitutional Court has unanimously removed Yoon Suk Yeol as president after he threw the nation into turmoil by declaring martial law and sending troops to parliament in an ill-fated effort to break through legislative gridlock.

South Korea’s former president still faces criminal charges of leading an insurrection when he declared martial law. If found guilty, he could be imprisoned for life.

President Yoon Suk Yeol’s brief martial law declaration and subsequent impeachment trial have deeply divided South Korea, a key U.S. ally.

Thousands of police have been deployed in the vicinity of the Constitutional Court in anticipation of its ruling.

Yoon Suk Yeol called South Korea's National Assembly a “den of criminals” when he announced martial law in December.

South Korea's Constitutional Court has upheld parliament's impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol and removed him from office