South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is expected to make a closing statement on Tuesday in a Constitutional Court trial reviewing his impeachment, as public hearings wrap up and his political fate is placed in the hands of eight judges.

South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol will get his last chance to defend himself before judges as they wrap up a trial to decide whether to permanently remove him from office for his ill-fated martial law declaration.

South Korea's ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment trial wraps up on Tuesday, capping weeks of high political drama following his shock decision to declare martial law.