The assembly impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol last month, but the Constitutional Court will decide whether to formally dismiss or reinstate him.

Liberal enthusiasm for ousting South Korea’s president is seen fading.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is expected to make his first appearance at his impeachment trial on Tuesday, with security ramped up following the Capitol Hill-like rioting during his appearance at another court at the weekend.

South Korean detained President Yoon Suk Yeol denied on Tuesday that he ordered the military to drag lawmakers out of parliament during a short-lived plan to impose martial law. Having skipped the

Embattled South Korean President, Yoon Suk Yeol, on Tuesday attended a Constitutional Court hearing of his impeachment trial. The impeached president denied ordering military commanders to drag lawmakers out of parliament during his short-lived bid to impose martial law.

South Korea's suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday appeared for the first time at the Constitutional Court for his impeachment trial. Yoon defended his decision to declare martial law, a short-lived decree that he announced in a shock address to the nation on the evening on December 3,

Yoon Suk Yeol made his first public appearance since becoming South Korea’s first sitting president to be detained over his martial law declaration.