Ousted South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrived at the Seoul Central District Court on Monday morning to attend the second hearing of a criminal trial over charges that he led an insurrection.

Yoon’s martial law attempt in December plunged the country into months of turmoil and led to the Constitutional Court removing him from the presidency.

He has denied paralysing the government and said martial law was needed to alert the people to how the majority opposition party was stonewalling government by impeaching more than 20 officials, which he saw as dangerous.

The court has granted media access to Monday’s trial, allowing journalists to film and photograph the former president inside the courtroom. (Reuters)