South Korea ’s ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol appeared in court on Friday for a new trial on obstruction charges, following weeks of boycotting a separate trial over allegations of masterminding an insurrection through a failed martial law attempt.

Yoon, 64, appeared noticeably slimmer and his hair greyer and cropped short, after more than two months out of public view in prison and having refused to attend trial since early July, citing health reasons.

Fresh Charges

The conservative former president faces fresh charges, including obstruction stemming from attempts to block investigators trying to arrest him in January when his powers had been suspended by parliament’s impeachment, and he barricaded himself inside the presidential compound.

The new charges were brought by a special

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