South Korea looks set for a dramatic political showdown this week as impeachment proceedings kick off against suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol, who remains holed up in his fortified residence evading arrest for a separate criminal investigation.

Yoon's impeachment trial Kim Yi-su (C), a lawyer representing the National Assembly, meets the press at the Constitutional Court in Seoul on Jan. 14, 2025, before attending the first formal hearing of President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment trial over his short-lived imposition of martial law,

The impeachment trial of South Korea's suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol begins Tuesday, with the country's Constitutional Court set to weigh whether to strip him of his presidential duties over a failed martial law bid.