The Constitutional Court is set to hold the final hearing of President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment trial Tuesday as attention focuses on how the president will defend his short-lived imposition of martial law.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is in court for a hearing where his lawyers are contesting his arrest on a criminal charge alleging he was orchestrating a rebellion when he imposed martial law.

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.

The impeachment trial for President Yoon Suk Yeol over his martial law declaration has only one hearing left, Tuesday, before the court makes a decision on whether to remove him from power.

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.

South Korean police are formally investigating impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol for allegedly obstructing the execution of an arrest warrant, a police spokesperson confirmed on Friday. A court issued an arrest warrant

South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol will get his last chance to defend himself before judges as they wrap up a trial to decide whether to permanently remove him from office for his ill-fated martial law declaration.

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.

Ahead of final hearing of Yoon's impeachment trial A photo of President Yoon Suk Yeol is hung near the entrance of the Constitutional Court in Seoul on Feb. 24, 2025, one day before the court holds the final hearing of Yoon's impeachment trial in connection with his short-lived imposition of martial law in December.