The first hearing of South Korea’s former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s criminal trial is underway in Seoul. Yoon faces charges that his declaration of martial law in December amounted to an insurrection.
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00:00The first hearing of former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's criminal trial is underway
00:05in Seoul.
00:07Yoon faces charges that his declaration of martial law last December amounted to an insurrection.
00:12That's punishable by life imprisonment or the death penalty, though South Korea has
00:16not executed anyone in decades.
00:19Yoon has denied all charges.
00:21South Korea's Constitutional Court removed Yoon from office earlier this month.
00:25They ruled that his actions were a serious violation of his powers and a threat to democracy.