President Yoon Suk-yeol, who was arrested on charges of leading an insurrection, talks with his lawyer at the impeachment trial held at the Constitutional Court in central Seoul on January 21.
Suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol will attend the fourth hearing of his impeachment trial on Thursday, his lawyers said, as former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun is slated to appear and testify as well.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been detained after a massive law enforcement operation at the presidential compound that ended a weeks-long stand-off between his bodyguards and the country’s anti-corruption agency.
A huge screen shows a footage of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol as supporters stage a rally to oppose his impeachment near the presidential residence in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) Yoon had been ...
A police officer stands guard in front of the Constitutional Court in Seoul on January 14, 2025, as the court begins the first formal hearing of the impeachment trial of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol. AFP South Korea’s Constitutional Court opened ...
The first hearing for South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment trial ended in just four minutes - as Yoon was not in attendance.
Yoon, currently suspended from his duties with his powers transferred to an acting president, did not attend two previous hearings earlier this month. The court has until June 11 to decide whether to
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol attended on Tuesday a Constitutional Court hearing of his impeachment trial where the detained leader may get a chance to argue his case or answer questions over his short-lived bid to impose martial law.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol denied wrongdoing as he branded himself as a firm believer in democracy in his first appearance at an impeachment trial looking into his shocking and brief imposition of martial law last month.
South Korean investigators asked prosecutors to indict the country’s detained President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived imposition of martial law last month, as it accused him of rebellion, abuse of power and obstruction of parliament.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol attended on Tuesday a Constitutional Court hearing of his impeachment trial where he denied ordering military commanders to drag lawmakers out of parliament during his short-lived bid to impose martial law.