More than 14,000 police officers have been deployed ahead of Friday’s decision by the Constitutional Court in the impeachment case of President Yoon Suk Yeol.

The Constitutional Court's Tuesday decision to announce its ruling on suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment on Friday indicates that judges have reached a conclusion, according to observers on Wednesday.

France's constitutional court on Friday ruled local politicians can be barred from office immediately if convicted of a crime, leaving the door open for far-right leader Marine Le Pen to potentially be barred from the 2027 presidential race in an embezzlement trial concluding on Monday.