It is widely expected — but not officially confirmed — to be Yoon’s last hearing before the court’s judges go behind closed doors to deliberate whether to uphold his impeachment.

South Korea’s ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol faces potentially his last impeachment hearing Thursday over his failed martial law bid before judges

South Korea's ousted President Yoon Seok Yeol faces potentially his last impeachment hearing over his failed martial law bid before judges begin deliberations on whether to formally remove him from office.

South Korea’s Constitutional Court will hold another hearing next week before deciding whether President Yoon Suk Yeol should be permanently removed from office for his ill-fated martial law declaration in December.

South Korea's impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol attended on Thursday the eighth hearing of his impeachment trial over his short-lived imposition of martial law, at the Constitutional Court in Seoul. (Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN).