Yoon Suk Yeol impeachment: Trial of suspended South Korean president to begin

First of five hearings into martial law declaration due to start on Tuesday, while Yoon Suk Yeol remains holed up inside his presidential compound

The impeachment trial of South Korea’s suspended president, Yoon Suk Yeol, begins on Tuesday, with the constitutional court set to weigh whether to strip him of his presidential duties over a failed martial law bid.

Yoon’s December 3 power grab plunged South Korea into its worst political crisis in decades, after he directed soldiers to storm parliament in an unsuccessful bid to stop lawmakers voting down his suspension of civilian rule.

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