South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s fate remains in the balance after the suspended leader failed to appear at the first day of his impeachment trial Tuesday following weeks of evading arrest, delaying what is set to be a dramatic political showdown.

South Korea began a trial on Tuesday (Jan 14) to decide if President Yoon Suk Yeol will be permanently removed from office over his botched martial law declaration. Read more at The Business Times.

The Constitutional Court, an arbiter in a polarized nation, is about to consider whether Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment for declaring martial law was justified.