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SOUTH KOREAN POLICE BEEF UP SECURITY AHEAD OF YOON'S IMPEACHMENT VERDICT

03/04/2025 01:11 PM

SEOUL, April 3 (Bernama-Yonhap) -- South Korean police have placed their forces on the second-highest alert Thursday, a day before the Constitutional Court delivers its verdict on impeachment case of President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed martial law bid.

The "Eulho" alert put half of all available police forces on emergency standby, while the highest alert, "Gapho," will be issued on Friday and assigns the entire force to the situation, according to Yonhap news agency.

Already, police completed the "vacuum zone" operation near the Constitutional Court by sealing off the area within a 150-metre radius around the court with police buses.

On Friday, police plan to deploy some 14,000 personnel in Seoul.

Meanwhile, protesters calling for and against Yoon's impeachment were set to hold overnight sit-ins in the city from Thursday, Yonhap reported.

-- BERNAMA-YONHAP

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