SEOUL: A Seoul court on Tuesday combined the insurrection trials of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, former Defence Minister Kim Yong-hyun and former police chief Cho Ji-ho over their involvement in last year's failed martial law bid into a single trial.
The announcement came during Yoon's trial hearing on charges of leading an insurrection at the Seoul Central District Court, which had been conducted separately from the trials of former military and defence officials, including Kim, and of Cho and other police leadership, Yonhap News Agency reported.
The court bench had earlier said it would merge the three trials as they deal with identical facts and have the same points of contention over charges of insurrection.