South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol refused to appear for fresh questioning by investigators on Thursday, a day after his dramatic arrest over an ill-fated martial law declaration. The Constitutional Court also opened its second hearing in a trial that will decide whether to uphold Yoon's impeachment,

South Korea's arrested President Yoon Suk Yeol did not attend a second day of questioning by investigators on Thursday, further stonewalling a criminal probe into whether he committed insurrection with his bid to impose martial law.

South Korea's anti-corruption agency will resume questioning impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol at 2 p.m. (0500 GMT) on Thursday afternoon, the Yonhap news agency reported. Yoon was arrested by investigators from the agency and police in his official residence and questioned for hours on Wednesday in relation to a criminal insurrection probe.