South Korea's ousted premier said on Thursday that he had opposed suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of martial law, testifying for the first time at his former boss's impeachment trial about the events of a night that threw the country into turmoil.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol contested his arrest on rebellion charges in one court and pleaded to preserve his presidency in the other, both cases related to his brief imposition of martial law.

Ousted South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol's bid to impose martial law was to thwart a "legislative dictatorship" by the opposition-controlled parliament, his lawyer said Thursday, as Yoon became the

Impeached president appears in two courtrooms, first to hear criminal insurrection charges and then to face a Constitutional Court impeachment trial, both in connection with his Dec. 3 imposition of m

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.

South Korean police are formally building a case against impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over accusations he obstructed the execution of an arrest warrant, a police spokesperson said on Friday. A South Korean court issued an arrest warrant for Yoon on December 31 in a criminal investigation accusing the suspended leader of insurrection over his martial law decree last year.