As [South Korea](https://www.scmp.com/topics/south-korea?module=inline&pgtype=others) awaits a decision from the Constitutional Court on the impeachment of suspended president [Yoon Suk-yeol](https://www.scmp.com/topics/yoon-suk-yeol?module=inline&pgtype=others), the nation is facing increasing mass protests, divided political factions and growing concerns that the delay is undermining public trust in its democratic institutions.
“Anxieties are mounting over the country’s democracy and its future, as many fear the judicial system may fail to deliver justice,” Jung Suk-koo, a former executive editor of the progressive Hankyoreh daily, told This Week in Asia.
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