Ousted South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol's bid to impose martial law was aimed at thwarting a "legislative dictatorship" by the opposition-controlledparliament, his lawyer said Thursday, as Yoon became the country's first sitting president to stand trial in a criminal case.

Ousted South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s bid to impose martial law was aimed at thwarting a “legislative dictatorship” by the opposition-controlled parliament, his lawyer said yesterday as Yoon became the country’s first president to stand trial in a criminal case while in office.

Impeached president appears in two courtrooms, first to hear criminal insurrection charges and then to face a Constitutional Court impeachment trial, both in connection with his Dec. 3 imposition of m