President Yoon Suk Yeol (far R, standing) leaves a courtroom at the Constitutional Court in Seoul on Feb. 20, 2025, about five minutes after the court began the 10th hearing of his impeachment trial over his short-lived imposition of martial law in December,

South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol appeared in a Seoul court on Thursday for his first trial hearing on charges of insurrection in the country’s first criminal prosecution of an incumbent leader.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol could try to impose martial law again or undermine constitutional institutions should he be reinstated, lawyers for parliament argued on Tuesday as his impeachment trial entered its final phase.

Bogus child pornography claims, fabricated support for communism and fake posts showing Elon Musk calling for his removal -- a deluge of disinformation is targeting a top judge in suspended South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment trial.

South Korea's constitutional court will hold the 11th and final hearing of President Yoon Suk-yeol's impeachment trial on Februa

The final hearing of President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment trial will be held next week, the Constitutional Court said Thursday.

South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol appeared at a Seoul court on Thursday for the first hearing of his criminal trial over insurrection charges, during which his lawyers demanded his release from jail.