South Korea's Yoon appears at impeachment trial over martial law bid

SEOUL, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol appeared in a Seoul court for his impeachment trial Tuesday, defending his short-lived martial law bid and denying charges that he ordered the military to drag lawmakers out of the National Assembly.

Yoon arrived at the Constitutional Court in the early afternoon in a motorcade from Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, just south of the capital, where he has been in custody since Wednesday. It was his first public appearance since declaring martial law on Dec. 3.

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