Analysts say that President Yoon, a legal expert, is stalling for time as the six-month countdown begins on a Constitutional Court that has barely enough justices to uphold the impeachment motion.

North Korean state media KCNA on Monday reported on the South Korean parliament passing President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment vote on Saturday. Yoon was impeached in a second vote by South Korea's opposition-led parliament over his short-lived attempt to impose martial law,