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.

The Constitutional Court began the trial on Dec. 27 to review an impeachment motion that accused Yoon of violating his constitutional duty by imposing martial law with no justifiable grounds. The parliament’s legal team presented testimony from military ...

South Korean president Yoon's declaration of martial law not only stress tested South Korea's democracy, it may also contribute to destabilising the fragile US-Japan-South Korea trilateral.

LONDON -- South Korean prosecutors formally indicted President Yoon Suk Yeol on Sunday, charging him with insurrection over his brief imposition of martial law in December, according to opposition lawmakers and South Korean media.

South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol told judges he was a “firm believer of liberal democracy” as he appeared for his impeachment trial for the first time since imposing a shock martial law decree. Mr Yoon appeared for the constitutional court hearing to decide whether to remove him from office permanently or reinstate him after he was impeached by the National Assembly.

Yoon says special forces soldiers sent to National Assembly on December 3 were not there to disable the legislature.

Lawyers for South Korea's impeached president say he will appear at a hearing in a Seoul court to oppose a formal arrest over last month's imposition of martial law.

Yonhap news agency says South Korean prosecutors have indicted the impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his imposition of martial law.

If South Korea is to remain a free and stable democracy, it cannot have one party unjustifiably impeaching government officials and the other imposing martial law.

The jailed president Yoon Suk Yeol, who had been holed up in his presidential compound for weeks after issuing a martial law decree last month, now faces rebellion charges punishable by the death penalty or life in prison.

Differing opinions on Yoon’s impeachment are driving kin apart. But a few parents and children are finding more common ground.