The move followed a court ruling that the detention of President Yoon Suk Yeol was invalid, but it won’t affect the insurrection and other charges he faces for declaring martial law.

Yoon is South Korea’s first president who has been arrested while in office, and there are no clear laws or past rulings that could guarantee his immediate return to office, analysts say. But he was eventually released from prison, after a Seoul court canceled his arrest and allowed him to stand his criminal trial without being detained.

South Korea’s impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol leaves prison and bows to supporters - TV footage shows South Korea's impeached Yoon Suk Yeol coming out of prison

South Korea’s impeached conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol was released from prison, a day after a Seoul court canceled his arrest to allow him to stand trial for rebellion without being detained.

South Korea’s Constitutional Court could soon rule on whether to dismiss or reinstate impeached conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol. That doesn't mean the political crisis caused by Yoon’s short-lived imposition of martial law is over.

South Korea is ramping up security ahead of the Constitutional Courts highly anticipated ruling on whether to reinstate or remove impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol. With large-scale protests expected from both