Seoul, March 24 -- South Korea's court on Monday held the second preparatory hearing of the impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol's criminal trial.
The second preliminary hearing was held at a courtroom of the Seoul Central District Court around 10:00 a.m. local time (0100 GMT) to clarify the main disputes and evidence.
Yoon was absent from the hearing after attending the first one on Feb. 20. The first formal hearing was scheduled for April 14.
Finance and foreign ministers will be questioned during the first formal hearing, as witnesses at the request of the prosecution.
Yoon was released on March 8 as the prosecution decided not to appeal against a court's release approval.
The Seoul Central District Court approved the release of the arr...