A car passing through the entrance of the Constitutional Court in Jongno District, Seoul, Dec. 15. Yonhap

Korea's constitutional court on Monday kicked off proceedings on the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, suspended from office over his failed bid to impose martial law.

"The first deliberative meeting in regard to the impeachment motion began at 10 a.m. (local times)," a spokesman for the Constitutional Court told AFP. (AFP)