South Korea - January 21, 2025 South Korea's arrested President Yoon Suk-yeol on Tuesday afternoon attends the third formal hearing of his impeachment trial at the constitutional court in Seoul, South Korea. It marks the first time in the country's modern history that an impeached president attends a court hearing in person. Only the National Assembly and President Yoon will be present, with no witnesses, according to local media. Additionally, Yoon is expected to attend all subsequent hearings of the constitutional court. At around 13:00, more than 200 Yoon's supporters gathered near the constitutional court for a rally. In order to avoid conflicts, the South Korean police deployed 64 mobile teams and more than 4,000 police officers around the constitutional court to strengthen surrounding vigilance. The South Korean Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) said Monday that it is considering the possibility of forcibly summoning and questioning detained Yoon, who has refused to comply with detention investigations on two occasions. Although conducting an investigation may be challenging due to Yoon's attendance at the constitutional court hearing, the CIO stated that the in-person investigation will not be interrupted or canceled. The agency also confirmed that written inquiries are not being considered at this time. According to the latest report from the Bank of Korea on Tuesday, the political uncertainty and economic contraction triggered by the martial law situation are expected to reduce the country's economic growth rate by 0.2 percentage points this year. The real GDP is projected to shrink by approximately 4.5 trillion won (around 3.12 billion U.S. dollars). Additionally, factoring in the contraction in the fourth quarter of last year, the martial law situation could result in a GDP decline of more than 6.3 trillion won (around 4.37 billion U.S. dollars). An impeachment motion against Yoon was passed by the National Assembly on Dec 14 last year and delivered to the constitutional court to deliberate it for up to 180 days, during which Yoon's presidential power is suspended. Yoon, who was named by investigative agencies as a suspected ringleader on an insurrection charge, declared a martial law on the night of Dec. 3 but it was revoked by the National Assembly hours later. Shotlist: Seoul, South Korea - Jan 21, 2025: 1. Various of police maintaining order; vehicles by roadside; Seoul, South Korea - Jan 14, 2025 2. National flag of South Korea; FILE: Seoul, South Korea - Dec 4, 2024 3. Vehicles passing by South Korea's National Assembly; FILE: Seoul, South Korea - Dec 6, 2024 4. Building of South Korea's National Assembly; FILE: Seoul, South Korea - Date Unknown 5. South Korean national flags; 6. Traffic; 7. Gwanghwamun Square; 8. Various of traffic, buildings; Seoul, South Korea - Jan 10, 2025 9. Various of pedestrians; FILE: Seoul, South Korea - Date Unknown 10. Various of cityscape. [Restriction - No access Chinese mainland]