South Korea's Yoon attends first trial hearing for insurrection

FILE PHOTO: South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol attends his impeachment trial over his short-lived imposition of martial law, at the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, February 13, 2025. JEON HEON-KYUN/Pool via REUTERS/File photo

SEOUL (Reuters) -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.

Last month prosecutors indicted Yoon after accusing him of leading an insurrection with his short-lived imposition of martial law on December 3.