Suspended president Yoon Suk-yeol authorised the military to fire their weapons if needed to enter parliament, according to prosecutors.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's legal representatives will attend the first Constitutional Court hearing on Friday in a trial reviewing his impeachment by parliament over his short-lived imposition of martial law,

South Korea's opposition-controlled National Assembly voted Friday to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo despite vehement protests by governing party lawmakers, further deepening the country's political crisis set off by President Yoon Suk Yeol's stunning imposition of martial law and ensuing impeachment.