SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- The South Korean constitutional court started the first hearing of President Yoon Suk-yeol's impeachment trial on Tuesday.
Yoon did not appear at the hearing.
South Korea's constitutional court on Tuesday rejected Yoon's request to avoid a newly appointed justice in the first formal hearing of Yoon's impeachment trial.
The first hearing continued just for about four minutes as the embattled president failed to appear in the court. ■
