An appeals court on Wednesday is set to hold the first hearing of former President Yoon Suk Yeol's trial on obstruction of justice and other charges stemming from his failed martial law bid. The hearing is scheduled to take place at the Seoul High Court after a lower court sentenced Yoon to five years in prison in January on charges of obstructing investigators' attempt to detain him last year following his short-lived imposition of martial law in December 2024. He was also found guilty of violating the rights of Cabinet members who were not called to a meeting to review his martial law plan, and drafting and later destroying a revised proclamation after the decree was lifted. Both Yoon and special counsel Cho Eun-suk's team, which sought a 10-year term, appealed the ruling. The trial's proceedings will be led by the appellate court's Criminal Division 1 — one of two divisions recently designated to handle cases related to charges of insurrection, treason and rebellion. Video recordings of the trial will be released online after the court accepted the special counsel team's request to b