March 8 (UPI) -- Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was released from jail Saturday, one day after a court ruled that his confinement was illegal and he would stand trial without physical detention over his unsuccessful bid to impose martial law in December.

On March 8, President Yoon Suk Yeol was released after spending 52 days in detention, becoming the first sitting South Korean president to be tried w…

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol walked out of a detention centre in Seoul on Saturday after prosecutors decided not to appeal a court decision to cancel the impeached leader's arrest warrant on insurrection charges. Yoon remains suspended from his duties, and his criminal and impeachment trials continue over his…