SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – The Latest on South Korean President Park Geun-hye’s removal from office Friday by the Constitutional Court (all times local):

6:30 p.m. – South Korean police and hospital officials say about 30 protesters and police officers have been hurt in violent clashes near Seoul’s Constitutional Court following a ruling that ousted Park Geun-hye as president over a corruption scandal. North Korea’s state-run Korean Central News Agency has published a short dispatch on the court ruling in Seoul, anticipating that Park will now come under investigation as a “regular criminal.”

The party of ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye, meanwhile, says it “humbly accepts” the ruling by the Constitutional Court to remove Park from office and that it feels responsible for her downfall. The best hope for conservatives to win back the Blue House might be Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn, who has been the country's acting head of state since lawmakers passed an impeachment motion against Park in December.
South Korea's Constitutional Court upholds the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye, removing her from office. Hwang Kyo-ahn assumes powers as Acting President.