South Koreans headed to the polls Tuesday morning in a snap election being held to pick a new president, months after Yoon Suk Yeol was removed from office for declaring martial law in the country. Polling stations opened at 6 am local time (2100GMT Monday), and will continue until 8 p.m.

After half a year of political turmoil, uncertainty and division, South Korea is voting for a new president to succeed Yoon Suk Yeol, the disgraced former leader who plunged the democratic nation into chaos by declaring martial law in December.

South Korean authorities have slapped travel bans on two former acting presidents as part of an investigation into alleged insurrection linked to ex-leader Yoon Suk-yeol’s martial law bid last year, according to local reports.