Ousted South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol became the country's first sitting head of state to stand trial in a criminal case as hearings opened Thursday on his bid to impose martial law. The 64-year-old former prosecutor has been behind bars since he was arrested last month on charges of insurrection,

Impeached president’s lawyers argue he had ‘no intention to paralyse the country’ by imposing martial law last December

Seoul: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol made history on Thursday by becoming the first sitting head of state to stand trial in the country. Yoon, 64, faces serious charges of insurrection, which carry a potential sentence of life imprisonment or even the death penalty.