President Yoon Suk Yeol’s brief martial law declaration and subsequent impeachment trial have deeply divided South Korea, a key U.S. ally.

Yoon Suk-yeol was serenading guests at a White House state dinner with a rendition of Don McLean’s “American Pie.” On Friday, South Korea’s former President was forced to eat the humble variety after his impeachment over an earlier martial law declaration was unanimously confirmed by the nation’s Constitutional Court.

South Korea’s Constitutional Court ruled unanimously to remove former President Yoon Suk Yeol. Protesters reacted to the decision, some cheered while others showed their disappointment.

South Korea's Constitutional Court will rule on Friday whether to remove or reinstate impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived martial law declaration that sparked a crisis in a country seen as a democratic success story.

Here’s a look at the country’s history of troubled presidencies. Syngman Rhee, an American-educated Christian leader and independence activist, became South Korea’s first president in 1948 with U.S. support,

Yoon Suk Yeol’s political rise was fast: the former star prosecutor clinched South Korea’s presidency only a year after he entered politics. Yoon's style — highly assertive and strong-willed, but often uncompromising and inflexible — worked for a prosecutor standing up to higher-ups,

The constitutional court unanimously voted to uphold Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment, paving the way for a snap election within 60 days.

South Korea’s Constitutional Court removed impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol from office on Friday, four months after he threw South Korean politics into turmoil by declaring martial law and sending troops to parliament in an ill-fated effort to break through legislative gridlock.

South Korea's Constitutional Court on Friday unanimously upheld President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment over his disastrous martial law declaration, stripping him of office and triggering fresh election