Protests intensified over the weekend as the Constitutional Court is likely to hand down its verdict on suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment this week.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who lawmakers voted to impeach and was indicted on criminal charges for declaring martial law last December, was cleared to be released from detention on Friday.

They held rallies for Yoon Suk Yeol as the constitutional court gets closer to deciding whether to formally remove him from office over his attempt to declare martial law back in December.