South Korea mobilising 'all resources' for violence-free Yoon verdict

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. The court in downtown Seoul has become a flashpoint, with near-constant protests in the area until the police moved Tuesday to seal the streets to head off possible clashes. "The situation has become more grave than ever," Lee Ho-young, acting chief of the Korean National Police Agency, said Wednesday.