The Constitutional Court, an arbiter in a polarized nation, is about to consider whether Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment for declaring martial law was justified.

STORY: A South Korean court approved the arrest of impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol Tuesday, over his short-lived decision to impose martial law earlier this month.It's the first time an arrest warrant has been issued against a president of South Korea.

The police are investigating whether President Yoon Suk Yeol tried to lead an insurrection when he declared martial law and plunged the country into crisis.

The impeached president faces an attempt by authorities to arrest him over his short-lived Dec. 3 martial law.

Yoon Suk Yeol’s bodyguards thwarted investigators in another tense showdown resulting from his short-lived martial law decree.

Investigators arrived at South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol's residence in Seoul on Friday in an apparent effort to detain the embattled leader. Police vehicles and crowds of the impeached president's supporters were seen outside of his home.

South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol will not attend the first hearing of the trial to determine if he his removed from office or reinstated, Yonhap news agency quoted his lawyer as saying on Sunday.

For weeks, impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has holed up inside his guarded residential compound as investigators try to figure out how to detain him. Scuffles occurred Jan. 3 when dozens of investigators were stopped from entering the compound by presidential

Yoon's salary will increase by 3% to 262.6 million won ($179,000; £147,000), in line with the standard for government officials. Since his impeachment in December, Yoon has resisted attempts to investigate and arrest him for alleged insurrection and abuse of power,