South Korea's suspended president failed to show up for his impeachment trial. The Constitutional Court has 180 days to decide whether to remove Yoon Suk Yeol from office after he briefly imposed martial law in December.
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00:00The impeachment trial of South Korea's suspended president opened and then was
00:05just adjourned in minutes because he failed to show up.
00:08Yoon Suk-yool has not left his official residence for weeks in an effort to
00:12evade arrest. His presidential security service has also prevented
00:16investigators from detaining him. The Constitutional Court must decide whether
00:21to remove Yoon from office for briefly imposing martial law in early December.
00:26The next trial session is scheduled for Thursday and a court says it will go
00:30ahead even if he does not attend.