By Joyce Lee and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was ousted by the Constitutional Court on Friday, which upheld parliament's impeachment motion over his short-lived imposition of martial law last year that sparked the country's worst political crisis in decades.

His Constitutional Court ordeal over, former President Yoon Suk Yeol's legal struggles now move to the criminal court, where he faces a charge of insurrection related to his Dec. 3 declaration of martial law.

President Yoon Suk Yeol has been officially ousted after South Korea’s top court upheld his impeachment. A new election will be held in 60.