South Korea will hold a snap presidential election June 3 to choose Yoon Suk Yeol’s successor after the conservative was ousted over his imposition of martial law late last year.

South Koreans will vote for their next president on June 3, the government decided, following the removal from office of Yoon Suk Yeol after the country's Constitutional Court upheld his impeachment,

South Korea's cabinet is expected to finalise a June 3 date for a presidential election following the removal of Yoon Suk Yeol last week for his short-lived martial law declaration, Yonhap news said on Monday.