SEOUL, Feb 20 — South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol appeared in a Seoul court today for his first trial hearing on charges of insurrection in the country’s first criminal prosecution of an incumbent leader.

SEOUL, Jan 24 — A South Korean court today rejected a request from the prosecutors’ office to extend the detention of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over a criminal investigation into his short-lived martial law declaration on December 3, Yonhap reported.

SEOUL, Jan 23 — South Korea’s anti-corruption officials today requested prosecutors indict impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol for insurrection and abuse of power for his short-lived martial law declaration.

SEOUL, Jan 20 — South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol refused to be questioned by investigators today under a probe into whether he committed insurrection, as dozens of his supporters faced being charged over a violent rampage on a court building.

SEOUL, Jan 19 — Hundreds of supporters of South Korea’s arrested president, Yoon Suk Yeol, stormed a court building early today after his detention was extended, smashing windows and breaking inside, an attack the country’s acting leader called “unimaginable”.

SEOUL, Jan 15 — South Korean authorities today arrested impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over insurrection allegations, with the embattled leader saying he agreed to comply with what he called an illegal probe to avoid “bloodshed”.

SEOUL, Jan 14 — South Korea’s Constitutional Court adjourned the opening session of the impeachment trial of suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol within minutes today, after the embattled leader did not attend court.

SEOUL, Jan 12 — South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol will not attend the first formal hearing of the trial to determine if he is removed from office or reinstated because of concerns about his safety, Yonhap News reported, citing his lawyer.

SEOUL, Dec 30 — South Korean investigators have sought an arrest warrant for suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol over this month’s short-lived imposition of martial law, an official said today, the first time an incumbent president has faced such action.

SEOUL, Dec 14 — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached today in a second vote by the opposition-led Parliament over his short-lived attempt last week to impose martial law, a move that shocked the nation and split his party.

SEOUL, Dec 14 — South Korean lawmakers started voting today on a second motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his attempt to impose martial law, a move that shocked the nation, split his party and imperilled his presidency half way through his term.

SEOUL, Dec 11 — South Korean police raided the office of President Yoon Suk Yeol, a presidential security official said today, in a widening investigation into the embattled leader’s failed attempt to impose martial law.